Word: liverpool
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...unguents that saturated the mummy's bandages glued them in place, which meant the body was damaged as it was removed from the sarcophagus. Studying the corpse literally limb by limb, the first anatomist found nothing suspicious. More than 40 years later, however, in 1968, a University of Liverpool researcher received permission to X-ray the mummy and discovered some intriguing clues: there was a sliver of bone floating in the brain cavity and a dense area at the base of the skull that may have been a blood clot, suggesting a severe--perhaps deliberately lethal--blow to the back...
...post was once the domain of giants like the autocratic Herbert von Karajan, but with his boyish enthusiasm and unruly curls Rattle cuts a different sort of figure. A native of Liverpool who grew up when the city's four other famous mop tops were shaping tastes in music, he found his calling at a performance of Mahler's Second Symphony. "I was around 11 or 12, and all I remember is the feeling that I wanted to be in the center of this," he says. "It never occurred to me that it would happen as fast...
...ELHADJI DIOUF, 21, SENEGAL Before World Cup 2002, Diouf came with a question: Could the Senegalese striker with the dazzling skills also show the world he can conquer his erratic temperament? Liverpool seems to think so. Last week, Diouf was thought to be on the verge of completing a $15 million move to the English Premiership giant. VALUE: $15 million, up from $6 million...
...Beatles and the Stones themselves agree: “When we were kids growing up in Liverpool,” recalls Paul McCartney, “all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.” “No-one, but no-one, is his equal, or ever will be,” says Mick Jagger; “He was, and is supreme.” John Lennon agreed, saying “Before Elvis there was nothing.” Such lofty praise from stars so mythical in their own right speaks for itself...
...Eight vessels in the Clipper 2002 round-the-world yacht race set sail from Liverpool, England (27) to return 56,000 km later in Sept...