Word: mannered
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...water was indeed the cause of the tracks, the likeliest source would be aquifers just below the surface. But while this conjures images of warm, amniotic pools cooking up all manner of biology, Michael Malin, chief scientist of the study, urges caution. Acids mixing with water can lower its freezing temperature to nearly -150°F. That's a cold, caustic brew for any living thing that tries to take hold. "Water on Mars does not prove biology," Malin says, "but it may permit...
...would like anesthesia for the baby. If she refuses, she would have to sign a waiver. Doctors who fail to follow the rules could face fines up to $250,000. "There is substantial evidence that by this point, unborn children draw away from surgical instruments in a manner which in an infant or an adult would be interpreted as a response to pain," the text of the bill states. "Congress finds that there is substantial evidence that the process of being killed in an abortion will cause the unborn child pain, even though you receive a pain-reducing drug...
...working for Rolling Stone and trailing an entertaining if futile Oklahoma populist named Fred Harris; Johnny and I were the entire press corps. We traveled in a camper. Fred often went barefoot, sang country music songs and, in the evenings, dispensed Jack Daniel's in a manner that can only be called liberal. One evening we pulled into a white Victorian farmhouse straight from central casting, surrounded by corn - close in, like a fence around the house and barn - corn as high as an elephant's eye, rustling delicately in a slight breeze. The sun was setting; you could smell...
...things the UC doesn’t want to do will finally get done in an efficient manner and the UC will be able to focus on what it’s good at: advocating student needs,” says Gillis of his plan for reform...
...violin.Jeong’s perfect pitch was especially poignant as it persisted through “TheHero’s Battlefield,” a percussion-heavy section that reintroduced the trumpets.The trumpet work was especially adept at conveying the calamity of battle in a controlled manner. The last two movements, “The Hero’s Works of Peace” and “The Hero’s Retreat from the World and Fulfillment,” brilliantly capped off the performance with soaring melodies concluding with a trumpet fanfare that resonated in intensity.The...