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Alexander is in the midst of a love affair with his thesaurus that is torrid enough to rival John Banville or Salman Rushdie. “Gravid,” “photopic,” “calcareous,” “neurasthenia”: there is no shortage of ten-dollar words in this book, which can read at times like a combination of medical dictionary and arcane nautical treatise. Alexander provides a glossary at the end, but this covers only the most obscure and technical areas of his vocabulary. As overbearing and unnecessary...
...England Rugby Football League (NERFU) Northeast Division 2 squad is off to a torrid start and has launched itself into the national rankings with a 3-0 campaign thus far. As of Oct. 1, Rugby Magazine had Rad Rugby pegged as the third best team in the nation among D-II squads—the highest mark ever in a decade for the Crimson women—and this ranking certainly won't drop after the squad's latest victory at home against Bates on Sunday. Read on after the jump to hear some player's thoughts on the achievements...
...quake in that region will be very slim. Still, the Swiss team prepares the dogs for the journey to Pariaman by dunking the dogs in some water to cool them off before they begin their hard work. For long-haired golden retrievers, border collies and other breeds, the torrid Sumatran air is far tougher to endure than the flight over from Switzerland...
...Harvard, as evidenced by her jersey number—the same 24 worn by Kristen for four years.And after devoting so many seasons to the same sport, among her sisters and her teammates, Keating is finally experiencing the benefits of both diligent work and an open mind. If her torrid start to life as a forward is any indication, the athlete who has always been part of a field hockey family now has the chance to create a legacy all her own.—Staff writer Max N. Brondfield can be reached at mbrondf@fas.harvard.edu...
While the sheer number and size of the found animals were extraordinary - and made possible because the volcanic crater's ecology had been virtually undisturbed by humans - the scientific discovery of new species is actually quite routine. In fact, biologists are identifying new species at a torrid rate, about 50 a day; nearly 17,000 new plants and animals were described in 2006 alone, or some 1% of the 1.8 million species that have been recognized so far. (See 10 species near extinction...