Word: skeletonic
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...volcanic ash in nearby rocks proved that. But it took laborious work by anatomist Owen Lovejoy to prove the knee belonged to a biped -- and thus, not entirely apelike -- primate. Lucy turned up nearby a year later, but it took weeks to piece her jumbled bones into a partial skeleton and years before anthropologists could agree on her place in human evolution...
...past year. His wards are filled with the pathetic detritus of conflict and famine, and the staff -- all of two doctors -- is overwhelmed. Ten children a day are succumbing to malnutrition and disease; for lack of beds, the dying lie on unscrubbed floors. Parents feed toddlers watery porridge. A skeleton-thin infant with bulging eyes silently gasps for milk from her mother's wilted breast...
...Larson, the president of the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research, in Hill City, South Dakota. Larson is a controversial figure in the world of paleontology: last year, after he announced that he was excavating the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex ever found, the U.S. Attorney impounded the skeleton, contending that it had been illegally removed from government-owned land. Larson disagrees, and the institute is suing. But there is no dispute over Sacrison's latest find, which Larson named Duffy, in honor of his lawyer. After getting the landowner's permission, Sacrison, Larson and a score of volunteers...
...they have found about 20% of the skeleton, but they are certain the rest is nearby. Meanwhile, Sacrison plans to look for more skeletons. If he has the time, he would also like to see Jurassic Park. "I hear," he says, "it has great special effects...
...ahead of them. But the foundations of a Congressional drive will set the tone for the program to come. Highlighting errant Democrats is a one-sided strategy that will take the GOP only so far. If the party doesn't outline a Republican program--even a minimal, skeleton program--it's unlikely to be convincing. And if Republicans can't wage convincing campaigns, then 1994 promises, indeed, to be more of the same...