Word: poole
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...with other members of the same group, and not with members of other species. The evolutionary function of these fertility barriers is clear: diversity is necessary for evolution, but since a successful organism must have a reasonably balanced set of genes the diversity resulting from unlimited combinations from the pool of genetic material in the living world would not be useful. Species barriers eliminate the production of grossly unfit, non-viable progeny...
...Fords made the most of their last days in other ways. With temperatures hovering around zero, he dashed each evening from his office to the steaming swimming pool. One night he invited a middle-aged White House elevator operator to join him; the man could not swim, but he plunged in anyway, stood shoulder deep in the water, and can now tell his friends about the time he splashed around in the pool with the President. With four other couples, all old friends, the Fords spent their final weekend at snow-covered Camp David, where a log fire crackled...
...should take a bath only every other day. Frostproof (pop. 2,814) belied its name, recording 27°. But the real novelty was snow-snow as far south as Miami and Boca Raton. "I feel sorry for these people working on a $100-a-day suntan," said Alex Ballora, pool manager at Key Biscayne's Sonesta Hotel. "What do you say when a guest comes up and asks you for an electric blanket...
Although Tanin's government has committed 40% of this year's $3.4 billion budget to the military and police, Thai efforts to push back the rule of the night are sometimes snarled and chaotic. There are bitter interservice rivalries, and undercover agents from different branches seldom pool their information. As a result, intelligence is spotty. Despite all this, Thai troops are performing well, and field officers continue to fight the "other war"-that is, gaining village support. Along the Mekong River, army helicopters rain propaganda leaflets on disaffected villages. The government has devised civic ac- tion programs...
...York, Zarem rented the 57th Street subway station and invited 700 funky-chic guests for a late-night dinner dance in the tubes. To hype The Ritz, a comedy set in a gay bathhouse, he took over the Four Seasons Restaurant and had the band perform from the pool. For Lucky Lady, a romantic adventure about the Prohibition era, Zarem turned the "21" Club into a 1920s speakeasy and invited 650 first-nighters to feast. The party cost 20th Century-Fox $25,000, but Zarem wasn't there to raise a glass. One night earlier he had slipped...