Word: sanding
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...central idea is that self-organization is almost inevitable in a wide range of systems, both natural and man-made. The consistent shape of sand dunes marching across a desert, the evolution of complicated body parts such as eyes and kidneys, the equilibrium between supply and demand in a functioning economy and the existence of life itself -- all these may be expressions of this single principle...
...deep religious faith is the inspiration and focal point of "The Spirit and Soul of Latin America," an exhibition at Dudley House by Panamanian artist Sheila E. Lichacz. These strikingly original pieces convey her Catholic beliefs through a juxtaposition of shards of ancient pottery with sand, soil and, in some cases, paint...
While most concern focuses on birds and mammals, the oil may have harmed less visible -- and less photogenic -- creatures such as the sand eel, which has already suffered in recent years from overharvesting. The eels are an important food for arctic terns and other birds that breed on the Shetlands during the summer. "The birds had been weakened in previous seasons here," says Tim Thomas, a wildlife officer for Britain's Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. "If the sand eel does not reproduce well this year because of the oil, the birds could be devastated...
Such reasoning has particular appeal in the Gaza Strip, where Hamas was born and remains strongest: there 780,000 Palestinians live on a cramped, barren swath of sand where jobs are few and living conditions harsh. Says "Omar," the 30-year-old product of a Gaza slum and now a Hamas activist: "I am a man with no home, no land, and so I have no identity. Islam gives me that identity...
Corporal Sotak served in the Gulf War last year. "I wasn't too enthused about kicking sand for another month or two," he says. "But this is real different. We didn't have much contact with the people in Saudi. Here they're all around us. In Saudi we had a defined enemy. Here you don't know who you can trust. You don't know who's just trying to defend himself and who's robbing everybody...