Word: relics
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...surfaced in the Times of London, Watson has faced a public uproar, comparisons to segregationist leaders, and dismissal from prominent scientific positions. There is talk of Watson losing his position as chancellor of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory—an institution he helped shape, ironically enough, from a relic of the eugenics movement to the cutting-edge research institution that is today—and many have suggested that his scientific reputation will be permanently tainted by his inflammatory statements. Watson’s assertion in the Times that “All our social policies are based...
...platinum prices set records, a new bill was being debated by the House Natural Resources Committee, which could force the mines to pay up. For 135 years, the mines have taken wealth out of the public domain under the protection of the General Mining Law - a let-'er-rip relic of the wild frontier past that allows mines to stake claims on almost any federal land. Since the law's enactment in 1872, the U.S. government has given away more than $245 billion in mineral reserves through patenting or royalty-free mining, says Rep. Nick Rahall, the West Virginia Democrat...
We’ve all had an old pair of sneakers that, despite being shabby and worn out, we can’t imagine replacing. But then, all of a sudden, we come home to find Mom tossed out the relic and put a newer, more fashionable pair in its place. Sure, they’re great shoes, admittedly nicer than their predecessor, but they just don’t fit the same...
...Ranina itself is a relic of the Soviet system that permitted private individuals to buy and sell small parcels of arable land at market prices. It consists of approximately 500 tiny homes, or dachas, densely packed onto a three-mile square grid, although there are no stores, churches, schools or communal structures of any kind. For decades, Russians have retreated to places like this on weekends and vacations to escape the oppression of tiny city apartments...
...Imperial-styled strip mall may look like a relic of the past, with its clay tiles, ornate sidings and those Chinese New Year red balloons, but like much in China, it's spanking new. Yet relics of the past are good business here. In one of the mall's countless stores, apron-clad Zhang Lijie is chipping away the rock around a 120 million-year-old fish fossil that she plans to sell for $3. Zhang, 38, went from selling vegetables a decade ago to hawking fossils on a street corners. Now, she owns her own store, The Treasure Mansion...