Word: sloshes
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...tides of history slosh following defeats. The U.S. rushed in to East Asia in the wake of Japan's World War II surrender and - among other things - harvested wars in Korea and Vietnam. Following the Soviet Union's loss in the Cold War, Washington - with help from al-Qaeda - is now setting up shop in central Asia. Whether there will be any bitter harvests here remains to be seen...
...used to mean gawking at giraffes and, if you were really lucky, peeking at a panda. But the newest concept in zoos aims to connect kids to nature by encouraging them to get down and dirty with it: in between their animal encounters, the kids can slosh in mud, explore caves and hunt for bugs. Brookfield Zoo, outside Chicago, will open its play zoo this week, offering children (for a $2 fee; $4 for adults) the chance to dress up as lemurs as they swing alongside real ones, or build a house made of sticks for an armadillo. The Dallas...