Word: spiced
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...should people in developed countries care about the survival of tropical species never seen outside a rain forest? Yes, they should. Variety is the spice of life, goes the saying. Biologists would go further and argue that variety is the very stuff of life. Life needs diversity because of the interdependencies that link flora and fauna, and because variation within species allows them to adapt to environmental challenges. But even as the world's human population explodes, other life is ebbing from the planet. Humanity is making a risky wager -- that it does not need the great variety of earth...
...made a pastime of impaling women. It's an exciting story, one that has captivated generations of moviegoers, but as a play it has some problems. Plot is clearly not among them, but form certainly is. The Leverett House production has an uninspired script and acting that adds no spice...
...year-old son, also a barbershopper. "How many things can you do with your boy and really enjoy?" he asks. Certainly few that are so indelibly G-rated. The society adheres to a ten-point code of ethics, and a committee is available to punish those who might spice their lyrics with a double entendre or even a Swedish joke. The panel hasn't had to meet in years. "People like to ridicule us as a bunch of squares," declares Sarasota, Fla., anesthesiologist Hank Vomacka with a wink. "But they keep coming back to listen...
Sophomores, of course, cannot be expected to spice up a program immediately. But they should have some impact...
While the attorneys may be acting more like thespians, real actors are beginning to spice up courtroom drama. U.S. Judge John Grady, chief of the federal district courts in Chicago, recently allowed actors to read depositions taken from absent witnesses in a securities case. Such depositions, usually read in a deadly drone by court reporters or law-firm secretaries, often contain important evidence but can put juries to sleep. One of the attorneys objected that an actor was hamming it up, but Judge Grady pronounced himself delighted by the lively break from what is typically the "dullest part...