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...Shamans are mystics whose common function in traditional cultures was that of a healer. Analysis of the woman's remains date her as being 45-years-old, a significant age at a time when life was nasty, brutish and short. She was under five feet tall and deformities in her spinal and pelvic bones give the impression that she may have walked with a limp, or dragged her feet. The presence of the hollowed-out tortoise shells, combined with intact bone pieces of leopards and other creatures - the complete forearm of a wild boar, for example, was placed under...
...point he was even a tantrum-throwing toddler. It wasn't until 1856 that Uncle Sam grew his first beard, which he would alternately gain and lose until Abraham Lincoln was elected President four years later. Through Lincoln, the Union became associated with the image of a tall, lanky man with a beard - an image that transferred, and stuck, to Uncle Sam forever after...
...parade their animals before Malik. "What I am trying to do is not make a spectacle," said Malik. "The price is based on how they perceive you. I am trying to portray a posture of disinterest." It's not working. A broad man who is well over 6 feet tall and is wearing a bright yellow-and-blue African print shirt, Malik towers over the animals and their owners in the center of the market. In the end, he buys two impressive looking animals for 17,000 Kenyan shillings each (around $220), well above the normal price. The implications...
...vestal veins thrumming. But her maidenly soul, however it quivered, could not ignore the command from on high. Roxanna felt herself drawn outside, as she always did during times of trial. In the garden, the air was cool with the promise of autumn. The vines twined themselves about the tall brick walls and the statues stood serenely, untouched except by the elements. She trailed her fingertips through the clear water of her favorite fountain, in the pool of which a young stone maiden lay prostate at the feet of a scholarly hero, who held an open book aloft...
Silly paranoia? (Cue creepy music here.) Or key elements in "The Enemy's Secret Plan"? Both monsters do exist, I'd say, but are only about 2 ft. (0.6 m) tall, scared of the daylight and lacking particularly sharp claws. The FBI is looking at ACORN for a reason, and the phrase ballot suppression is not a term totally unheard of in GOP hallways. That said, both sides are by and large trying to do what is right, at least most of the time. New-voter registration is a good thing. Keeping a sharp eye out to prevent ballot fraud...