Word: rained
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Different disciplines of science measure Africa in different ways. Geographers point to a climate that ranges from the burning Sahara to the steamy rain forests of Zaire to the dry savannas of Kenya. Biologists note the astonishing abundance and variety of the continent's wildlife. Epidemiologists speak with horror and fascination of deadly viruses like HIV and Ebola that have come out of the jungle, and of countless undiscovered microbes waiting to emerge...
...from rising above ourselves? The answer was beautifully put--if not utterly convincing: "It is because for too long we have had a leadership that has been unwilling to risk the truth...An Administration in its very existence communicates this day by day until it flows down like rain. And the rain becomes a river, and the river becomes a flood...
...million worth of outdoor equipment and clothing last year, will open the doors of its 80,000-sq.-ft. flagship store in Seattle. Spanning more than a two-acre city block, the store will feature a mountain-bike test trail encircling a 35-ft. man-made waterfall, and a "rain room" courtesy of Gore-Tex in which customers can try out foul-weather wear...
...anyone willing to pay the $1,700 price tag for such compact transport might easily see the value of the $319 MemBrain Denali jacket. The lightweight parka, made by Marmot of Santa Rosa, California, adjusts to the wearer's activity level: if one is, say, paddling briskly in the rain, strands of temperature-sensitive molecules expand to let vapor escape--then tighten up to trap body heat and prevent the chills when the canoer takes a break...
What about the idea that Mars seeded Earth? Recent findings suggest there could have been substantial biological exchange between the planets. Every year, researchers calculate, two tons of Martian material rain down on Earth, and two tons of terrestrial rock smash into Mars. The chances that a primitive creature secreted in this rock may survive such a journey are beginning to look surprisingly good. It takes 10 million years or so for a piece of Earth to reach Mars, and some scientists argue, on the basis of organisms trapped in ancient amber, that bacteria can survive even longer...