Word: marvel
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...Captain Marvel...
...teammates, though, marvel more at Gellert’s talent as a team defender than at his individual records...
...Shan. But the storied deserts of the region?the Gobi, the Tengger and the Badain Jaran?still offer a staggering variety of landscapes. Flat stretches of sand and rock alternate with Sahara-like dunes, dramatic canyons and plateaus covered with hardy shrubs. The extreme austerity makes you marvel that the Mongol hordes managed to survive, much less conquer all of Asia...
...school feminism approach to her subject. She makes no bones about getting political, calling out big-name publishers and syndicates for their history of sexist hiring practices, including many personal accounts by the artists of humiliating interviews at such places. She also chastises current mainstream publishers Marvel and DC for their total lack of outreach to girl readers because, she says, of their circular logic about girls not reading comics...
...Kamen unveils his baby under its official name: Segway. Given the buildup, some are bound to be disappointed. ("It won't beam you to Mars or turn lead into gold," shrugs Kamen. "So sue me.") But there is no denying that the Segway is an engineering marvel. Developed at a cost of more than $100 million, Kamen's vehicle is a complex bundle of hardware and software that mimics the human body's ability to maintain its balance. Not only does it have no brakes, it also has no engine, no throttle, no gearshift and no steering wheel...