Word: outward
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...thinks. By the end of the film, after the climactic moment of the abduction of Sophie by the pretentious, pompous, sex-crazed "landlord " Sebastian and the following attempts to kick him out of the house, Johnny returns from his many days of wandering, beaten to a pulp. His outward emotions change, almost as visibly as his eye blackens. But by the end, he opts not for love but for wandering. This type of movie could undercut all of the statements of modernity Leigh has spent two hours making. Johnny must continue his solitary, vagabond ways with only his sharp...
...Should global warming continue, scientists now fear, certain infectious diseases may flourish as the range of disease-bearing mosquitoes and other insects expands outward from the tropics...
...missions never go entirely as planned. "As we know when we do things for the first time in space, things can go wrong," says Swiss crew member Claude Nicollier, an astronaut from the European Space Agency who will be controlling a 50-ft.-long mechanical arm that will extend outward from Endeavour and move spacewalkers around the Hubble. Planners remain concerned about how fatigued the astronauts will become during their long stints working on the satellite. To be on the safe side, NASA added an extra day to the mission in case astronauts need a day off to rest...
...according to one theory, Virginia's hunters felt there was a shortage of raccoons in the region. As a result, perhaps several thousand raccoons were imported both legally and illegally from Southeastern states, and some of those animals apparently harbored rabies. Since then, raccoon rabies has been moving outward from Virginia and West Virginia at a rate of 25 to 40 miles a year and has invaded all Northeastern states except Vermont, Maine and Rhode Island. In New York, which now leads the nation in animal-rabies cases (1,761 last year), the number of people who got shots after...
...Level of Fear: As violence spreads outward from the cities, so does the perception that everyone is at risk...