Word: plateful
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...inspired to learn more about music.Kapilow turns the stuffiness of a classical concert into a fresh, participatory show, enhancing the performance with an innovative approach to a time-tested classical piece and an original contemporary work. Though this presentation may at first seem as puzzling or doubtful as a plate of green eggs, especially for those beyond the age of 11, it is a performance that is sure to make one want music here and there and anywhere...
...Take the typical American creationist’s sneer: discrediting evolution by calling it “only a theory.” This misrepresents the concept of a theory in scientific discourse, which simply means an explanation. Plate tectonics, geometry, and even gravity are considered scientific theories. Calling evolution “only a theory” is also highly misleading because evolution is not only a theory but also a fact, in the words of the late Harvard biologist Stephen Jay Gould. We can observe the fact of evolution in populations of animals or plants that change even...
...Service - think the Supreme Court may consider the law an overreach. "Under that power, they could create 20 seats for military areas. Or they could give 10 seats to Puerto Rico," George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley told Politico. And the President does have other things on his plate. Despite his support, Obama recently indicated he may not go to bat for the idea, telling the Washington Post his legislative agenda is already "chock-full...
...said that in Darwin’s writings he used imaginative language to achieve a “reverse anthropomorphism” that nurtured empathy between humans and other living beings. For example, he once observed a plant recoiling in “disgust” from a zinc plate. According to Beer, Darwin used this language because he believed that living creatures were difficult to understand, and acted on more than just instinct. He believed that oysters and polyps and plants possessed some free will. Beer paraphrased Darwin’s response to a colleague who believed wasps...
...overdue water bills in December, prompting the city to dry up service to the campus. Without short-term loans to pay off some of its millions in debt, Morris Brown announced, it would have to close for the spring and possibly forever. Luckily, alumni stepped up to the plate: their contributions at two rallies in December and January - including $100 in quarters, donated by the 13-year-old son of an alumna - supplied the first $100,000 to start paying down the water bill, allowing the school to reopen this semester. (See pictures of Barack Obama's college years...