Word: licks
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...could fly. Korolyov took us on a tour of a launching pad and tried to explain how the rocket worked. We were like peasants in a marketplace. We walked around and around the rocket, touching it, tapping it to see if it was sturdy enough. We did everything but lick it. Some people might say that we were technological ignoramuses...
...idyllic education at Sewanee, in Europe and at Harvard Law School. His father, LeRoy Percy, ran for re-election as a U.S. senator and lost to the notorious James K. Vardaman, an archetypal Southern cracker, in a bitter campaign; the defeat sent the Percys scurrying off to Europe to lick their wounds...
...worth $60 in the marketplace, now go for $3. "Everywhere there are Danakil graves," cabled Griggs, "small mounds covered with rocks to prevent hungry hyenas from digging up and devouring the bodies. Some Danakil dead have been found with dirt in their stomachs, evidence that they have tried to lick the ground for moisture. Only the vultures...
...week tried gamely to make the affair fun for everyone. He grinned as his staff members carried in a gaily decorated white cake while singing a squeaky version of Happy Birthday. When he got some icing on his hands, he dutifully followed the directions called out by his wife: "Lick your fingers, Dick." He even got his Irish setter, King Timahoe, to lick off a glob of frosting that had polluted his maroon sports jacket. Pointing at the sullen skies outside, he joked to his aides: "Take the rest of the day off. Go out and enjoy...
While his teammates are trying to lick B.C., Jenkins, a 6 ft. 8 in. senior forward, will fly to Chicago for a reception for Rhodes Scholarship candidates. Jenkins will return to Cambridge on Saturday after his Rhodes interview...