Word: spottedness
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Firefighters were unable to determine, despite Gao's low body temperature, how long the victim had been in the freezing water. A passing jogger first spotted Gao's brightly colored coat floating near the bridge around 8 a.m. Thursday.
Fire department officers were alerted by a passing jogger, the Boston Herald reported. The jogger spotted the victim's brightly colored jacket through an ice hole near the Massachusetts Avenue bridge.
The Columbia media guide calls him a "slashing scorer," but against Harvard Jenkins just spotted up and let the bombs fly. All too often--from Harvard's perspective, at least--they and the rest of Columbia's shots were right on target.
More likely than not, a threatening asteroid of that size would be spotted earlier. But so-called long-period comets (those making their first appearance or returning at intervals of greater than 200 years) are another matter. Appearing without warning as they streak in from the outer reaches of the...
Unlike Gene, who works for the U.S. Geological Survey, Carolyn is unsalaried. "Nepotism rules say that I cannot be employed by the USGS," she explains, "because I work with Gene." But as an amateur astronomer, she has earned a prestigious fringe benefit; while looking for asteroids, she has discovered 28...