Word: tails
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...sperm bank. The donor, who has fought the subpoena mightily, will be called as a reluctant but potentially damaging witness for the prosecution. It's not hard to understand his reticence - this guy probably thought he'd head in to the sperm bank, make his deposit and high-tail it out of there, check in hand and heart filled with thoughts of untold numbers of happy babies with his nose and hairline. And lo and behold, years later he's dragged into a court battle. Part of the problem, as far as Donor 276 is concerned, is that there...
...court rejected the government's argument that the oncomouse is not an invention because scientists do not have control over some of its features, like tail length and eye color, arguing that those characteristics are irrelevant to the animal's usefulness and novelty...
...breaks through the rapids. The marlin leaps. The spaniel flushes the grouse. For Duane Spooner, a North Dakota gunsmith, this ideal moment involves a rifle, a scope and a deadly long-range shot at his favorite quarry, the prairie dog. "The head goes one way," says Spooner, grinning, "the tail goes the other way, and everything in between just disappears." Spooner's son Eric, 16, shares his dad's enthusiasm. "It's relaxing," he says. "I like seeing how high they fly. We have little contests where we go out and see who can get the longest hang time...
Children take up arms against their classmates and the first thing that crosses a television producer's mind is ratings. A supersonic jet spews huge flames from its tail as it dives into Hotelissimo and the news industry breathes a thankful prayer that the dreadful summer news drought is finally over...
...plane had been having mishaps - little things. In October a piece of tail fell off in mid-flight. Last January, within a span of 24 hours, two British Airways Concordes had to make emergency landings for technical reasons - one engine failure, one mysterious false alarm. A few months ago, small cracks, said to be "microscopic" in size, were detected in all seven British Concordes, a British Airways spokeswoman said Monday; one of them was grounded because the cracks had gotten wider...