Word: mud
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...walls that keep the air inside at a constant temperature all year round. Some species of ants apparently share the human characteristic of using tools. Joan and Gary Fellers of the University of Maryland reported recently in Science that four species of ants seem to use pieces of leaf, mud and sand grains as tools to carry soft foods from distant sources back to the colony, an efficient practice that enables them to compete more successfully with other species of ants...
...ended me up in this pick-up, and just around the corner was "my river," where Sliding Rock was. I had seen the gleam of contentment on the faces of those who knew about Sliding Rock before--to people who live in the mountains the Rock is what a mud slide is to otters, a day's worth of ecstasy...
Then over the cobblestones outside came a rattle of horse's hoofs. Soaking wet and mud-splattered, his face gray with fatigue, Delaware's third delegate, Farmer Caesar Rodney, had ridden all night from Dover after an express rider informed him of his colony's stalemate. He wore a green silk handkerchief, now nearly black with road dirt, to cover the lower part of his face, which is afflicted by a cancer. "The thunder and rain delayed me," Rodney said matter-of-factly as he entered the hall...
...time the itinerary passed through Hong Kong and, for a few, the People's Republic of China, and came to the Indonesian island of Bali, classes were reduced to occasional Malaysian language lessons (in a temple compound within a mud-walled village), though any who requested more specific lessons readily received them...
...There were times when I actually came close to despair," says Vargas, who refuses to give his age because he feels it would bring bad luck. "The worst was in 1974, just outside of New Orleans. It rained for five days and we were floating in an ocean of mud. The high winds collapsed the tent, and it took three days for the elephants to pull out the stakes. Three elephants escaped into a swamp, and most of the trucks broke down. We faced the prospect of being beached forever. I hocked my diamond ring and got enough...