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...flashing. Writing in Nature, Zoologist John Buck and his wife believe that the Asian male fireflies' synchronous flashing is actually a photic call that lures females to the trees for mass mating. Because the Asian undergrowth is so dense, the male insects use rhythmic beaconing in order to shine through and be seen by the females. In effect, the synchronous flashing becomes mass advertising...
Adolfo admits she is right and confesses the fear and loneliness and self-disgust that drive him to do such things. Suddenly their hearts are open, and their plain faces shine with the light of life. They kiss, they make love. But the moment passes and the mess remains. In the morning Adolfo heads for home. "Thank you," he says in numb conclusion, "for a very nice...
...makes Adam run is Sammy. Carpentered into the story line are all the predictable solo turns-a crying jag, a tender love episode, a scene in which he wields a broken bottle to make his agent grovel, and a reprise in which Davis crawls across a restaurant floor to shine Lawford's shoes. There is a semifinal glimpse of the doomed genius staggering through city streets, climaxed by a moment of bitter glory when he blows his heart through a horn and dies. His ailment is never precisely named, though he coughs a lot whenever prejudice crowds...
...M.P.S. Astronomers now believe that as much as one-tenth of a supernova's total mass is blown out at speeds approaching that of light, and enters the earth's atmosphere as cosmic rays. A second wave of slower radiation and burning gases causes the supernova to shine with prodigal splendor for weeks or even years until the star's remains gradually fade...