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...suits consist of heavy gloves, thick padding, metal helmets and lacquered bamboo breast plates, and can cost between...
...four diners orders the lean meat. Even if ostriches don't become haute cuisine, investors are hoping the big birds achieve greater fame than a spot on Sesame Street. Ostrich eyelashes are used as paintbrush bristles, feathers for dusting and hats and coats, and the thick, tough hide is prized for everything from cowboy boots to sofas...
Some geologists see last week's quakes as evidence of a new, major fault in the making. The San Andreas marks a dividing line where two continental plates -- rock pancakes tens of miles thick and hundreds or thousands of miles across that make up the earth's surface -- are grinding past each other. As the plate carrying Los Angeles heads north toward Alaska, it scrapes against the plate carrying most of the rest of the U.S., sticking for years and then suddenly spurting forward. Near Palm Springs, the San Andreas Fault makes a jog to the west, suggesting that...
...afternoon I'm all sweated out and parched, but still we see no sign of water -- or of the Pygmies straggling behind us. At one point Fay sees a thick vine and says, "Aha!" He hacks off a section at just the right spot, and pure water spurts into his mouth. I grab his machete and hack away but manage to taste only a few drops...
...pedestrian is probably wearing sandals. They might be clunky, inch-thick corksoled ones with fat leather straps. Or, they could be inch-thick black rubber-soled contraptions, secured to the person's feet by brightly colored nylon straps...