Word: necks
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...crucified arms in extreme perspective. His despairing figure is reduced to fragments: the first drawing concentrates on his torso and legs and his strained posture. On the next sheet are his arms and upper torso, his head thrown back so we see not much more than his neck. Separately, the palm of his left hand faces us, open in a pleading gesture. Much more calm, and the epitome of male beauty, is the well-known figure of Adam. The painted figure, from the Sistine ceiling's Creation of Adam, is very little changed from this life study. In the drawing...
...fossil, called Tiktaalik roseae, was found in rocks from the Devonian Age, which date back 375 million years. The organism’s gills identify it as a fish, but it lacks the piscatorial characteristic of a neck that is connected to the shoulder girdle, Jenkins said. The fish’s front fin contains identifiable wrist bones and features that resemble fingers, he added...
...leaned on one or two of our arms, eyebrows up, neck painfully extended as far as it would go-he still couldn't see to the top of the lobby. He looked like a farmer at the World's Fair. It was a little bittersweet, but we were happy to be there with him seeing the impressive new digs for the first time. There was only one thing wrong though - he wouldn't say a word...
...scales, teeth and gills of a fish, but also a big, curved rib cage that suggests the creature had lungs as well. The ribs interlock, moreover, unlike a fish's, implying they were able to bear fishapod's weight-an unnecessary trait in a fish. It had a neck-most unfishlike. And, most surprising of all, its pectoral fins included bones that look like nothing less than a primitive wrist and fingers...
...Gilmore clarifies, films survive several rounds of screenings before reaching his office. Dressed in a cream v-neck sweater, black turtleneck, and jeans, he looks every bit the rugged Westerner one might expect to head a film festival snuggled in Park City, Utah (population...