Word: leape
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Circular tongues of flame leap from the barrels and the sound reverberates through the thick walled room. With the shooting done, the smell of cordite hangs heavy...
...animal-rights activists, the leap from mouse to monkey will be a red flag. More broadly troubling, ANDi's success also raises the specter of human-germline gene engineering--that is, altering people's basic DNA so that any changes are passed on to their offspring. This sort of genetic tinkering, which could ultimately lead to "designer babies," artificially enhanced to be healthier, smarter or even more attractive, is currently far beyond our expertise. Nobody is likely to try to play God with humans in this way for decades...
...American people that was, Clinton insisted with an odd redundance, his last speech "from the Oval Office as your president" (will he sneak back in while Bush is in Europe?), the eyes did not moisten. The lip did not quiver. The naked love of politics did not leap from his face as it did during his valedictory in Los Angeles, or during his dozen other farewells this year (he'll be saying good-bye again by radio Saturday only hours before Bush is sworn...
Although such optimistic goals may seem out of reach, Carter said, they are realistic and require respect for divinity because the world is in the midst of a "quantum leap...
...just because something isn't done doesn't mean it can't be. For them there will be no retreat to a Santa Barbara ranch, no exile to Saddle River, N.J.--in fact, no leaving. Staying will make it all the easier when, and if, in the next grandiose leap, Hillary leads the Clinton restoration to follow the Bush one. She'll be just a ZIP code away...