Word: sanding
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...failed to get even a majority of that panel to endorse those ideas in December. Today, the senators took their warnings directly to the people: "As a nation, we are consciously damning our children to a very grim future if we simply continue to hide our heads in the sand and pretend that this massive problem doesn't exist," said Simpson. He plans Senate hearings on the matter this year...
...uncovered the tomb of Alexander the Great in Egypt, but now another has clearly hit pay dirt. Today, French archaeologist Jean Leclant unveiled a previously unknown, 4,000-year-old pyramid at Sakkara, a locale famous for its step-pyramid (an early model). Long hidden in the sand, the royal monument looks more like a pile of rock than the great pyramids on the Giza plateau, which lie north. Inscriptions found at the site dedicate it to Queen Meritites, who (for the genealogically-minded) may have been the daughter of Pharaoh Pepi I, who ruled during the 6th Dynasty...
What are Earth Shoes? They were the first shoes to be marketed with a "negative heel"-meaning their heels were actually lower than their raised toes. This was said to mimic the effect of walking in sand and to make for orthopedically superior posture. In appearance, Earth Shoes pioneered the flanged, boxy look that epitomized much '70s design and can be seen in such later icons of the decade as Bruce Jenner's hair and the A.M.C. Pacer...
...only the philosophy department that is burying its head in the sand. The English department is guilty of the same evasion--its classes don't even mention Rand, one of the most widely-read writers of the century...
...Korea's gas-graphite reactor with light-water models manufactured by South Korea. The plan offends North Korea's sense of propriety explainsTIME Diplomatic correspondent J.F.O. McAllister: "This may be their typical tactic of going back on an agreement or they may really be drawing a line in the sand." It is not yet clear whether North Korea will abandon its stand-still agreement with the U.S. andresume nuclear weapons development...