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...assume that the larger species ate meat as well. Moreover, the size and anatomy of R. giganticus, found in the same fossil beds as its smaller relative, suggest that it was an active predator rather than simply a scavenger. "It had a robust body, with short legs that splay out to the side, similar to a Tasmanian devil," says Meng. "It could walk fast and probably run. It could certainly move better than a crocodile...
Back in her bathroom, Angela turns to splay her fingers under the hand sanitizer. Next she picks up her DentiGuard toothbrush, which checks for signs of gum disease and measures her bone density while it brushes her teeth. During the course of her morning routine, a total of 85 microscopic sensors, in everything from her hairbrush to the medicine cabinet, will keep tabs on her health. Most days she doesn't even notice their presence...
...talent to arouse. While he was exciting his loyal readers with outhouse humor and photos of splay-legged models, Hustler publisher Larry Flynt incited the guardians of public pudency. City D.A.s, state attorneys general, Moral Majority leader Jerry Falwell--all were so vexed by Flynt's verbal and pictorial provocations, they just had to sue him. One offended reader took a few rifle shots at the Great Satan of Columbus, Ohio, forever paralyzing some of Flynt's favorite body parts. The bumptious pornographer made friends with Jimmy Carter's evangelist sister, went nuts on painkillers and won a crucial First...
...leaving, the Queen looks at Theroux and says, "You're in a frightful muddle, aren't you?" He says yes. She tells him to "Go back to books," start writing again. She briefly touches his hand, and, Theroux writes, "something like a bee sting made me involuntarily splay my fingers...
...band is an electronic spectacle of otherworldly sounds which are lucid one instant and garbled the next. The rhythms and tones layer and splay, reaching vertiginous crescendos then vanishing into something new, leaving a motif hanging in the air like the Cheshire cat's smile. But no sequencers or automatic drums are used--this is all done manually (albeit on mind-blowing pieces of musical technology). Think Tree plays these instruments, rather than simply programming them. The resulting combination of sophistication and sponteneity has earned Think Tree recognition on the local music scene and airplay on local radio, most notably...