Word: polarizing
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Please understand that my values have always been spiritual, stressing service to others above all. But like many of my generation, I nurtured an image of the good life that was the polar opposite of how my parents spent their discretionary income in the 1950s. My taste was too elevated to tolerate frozen vegetables, supermarket ice cream, one-from-Column-A Chinese restaurants, off-the-rack clothing and clunky domestic automobiles. Yuck, how Middle American! My refined sensibilities required only the best: fresh asparagus, Ben & Jerry's ice cream, Sichuan and Hunan restaurants, ventless Italian suits. But I was never...
...wind stream called the polar vortex keeps the polar air from mixing with warmer air over the midlatitudes, the article says...
...global warming upon us? Many climate experts say it is only a matter of time before heat trapped in the atmosphere by man-made chemicals raises world temperatures, melting polar ice caps, raising sea levels and generally wreaking havoc. Most also go on to caution that it is too soon to declare that the warming has begun. But two studies released last week evoked concern that a shift is already under way. Teams of scientists in the U.S. and Britain found that 1990 was the warmest year in more than a century of record keeping. The average worldwide temperature, said...
Against Bowdoin, Harvard jumped out to a 2-0 first period lead, only to surrender four second-period Polar Bears goals, three of which were last touched by Harvard skaters. But juniors Bev Stickles and Jen Minkus tallied to knot the score at 4-4 going into the second intermission...
...show up in the potato salad. The 8,800 known species of the family Formicidae make up from 10% to 15% of the world's animal biomass, the total weight of all fauna. They are the most dominant social insect in the world, found almost everywhere except in the polar regions. Ants turn more soil than earthworms; they prune, weed and police most of the earth's carrion. Among the most gregarious of creatures, they are equipped with a sophisticated chemical communications system. To appreciate the strength and speed of this pesky invertebrate, consider that a leaf cutter the size...