Word: length
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...multiprint chiffon floor-length dress ($7,570; dolcegabbana.it...
...huge sets of astronomical data like Borkin’s is that they are often viewed two-dimensionally, akin to the way three-dimensional visual information is translated into two dimensions by the human eye. This can be limiting for astronomers, who must take into account dimensions other than length and width like depth and velocity, according to Goodman...
...researchers said that there is little evidence to support the notion that using antibiotics will increase the length of the patient’s life, while there is ample evidence to support the fear that widespread use of antibiotics can breed bacteria that are resistant to drugs therapy...
...version, from 20th Century Fox's Blue Sky Studios (Ice Age, Robots), shows a pleasingly Hortonian faithfulness to the original story; and the process of fleshing it out Geisel's anapestic rhymes to feature-film length seems smart, sensible and organic. Narrated by Charles Osgood of CBS Sunday Morning, and making superior use of the voice talents of Jim Carrey, Steve Carell, Carol Burnett, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett and others, the movie proves a funny, elevating ride that should beguile the young and keep their parents or grandparents enthralled too. For once, the G rating stands for Glorious...
...that selected and arranged these snippets is attached to the remarkable brain of novelist and critic Nicholson Baker. Baker occupies a curious position in American letters: part genius, part crank. His best works--his novels The Mezzanine and A Box of Matches, and U and I, his book-length study of John Updike--contain passages so beautifully observed and perfectly formed that they stick in the mind for years. His lesser works--the sweaty, oversharing sexcursions Vox and The Fermata and his tetchy political rant Checkpoint--contain passages you could spend years trying to forget...