Word: tickly
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...moved the ball across half court and waited for the final seconds of the half to tick away. As the clock approached zero, Lin launched a three-pointer from three feet beyond the arc that touched nothing but net and sent the Harvard players into a frenzy heading into the locker room...
Moreover, the studies state that infectious diseases will become more prevalent if climate change continues unabated. The report states that stinging insects will expand their geographical reach and that tick-borne diseases such as Lyme disease and Ehrlichiosis will also be on the rise...
...It’s like going back to basics again and again and again to figure out what makes us tick,” says Allyn Burrows, the current Artistic Director. “The mechanics of the writing are such that they tap into the human heartbeat. If you look at iambic pentameter, that’s the same sound that a human heart makes...
...might be a battle between politics and science going forward as carbon keeps getting pumped into the atmosphere and the days remaining before Copenhagen tick away. But as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a group of reporters on Tuesday, "You can't negotiate with nature. [Climate change] is just coming." Not even the Senate can argue with that...
...Burns has a knack for making documentaries about some of the most contentious episodes in American history without saying anything that will tick anyone off. Over two decades, his PBS films have taken on the Civil War, feminism, World War II and, above all, race. They've been criticized for omissions: Hispanics in The War, modern artists in Jazz. But on the whole, they're substantive without being polarizing, passionately arguing positions almost everyone agrees with: Racism is bad, democracy is good, war is hell...