Word: unraveler
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...that new species do evolve from older ones in a gradual process. Possible beginnings of new species have since been recognized, catalogued and thoroughly investigated, but geneticists still remain ignorant of just what mechanisms trigger them. Now there is hope that a new thread of inquiry might begin to unravel the mystery. A new species appears to be developing in a laboratory...
...third avenue of "institutional reform" consists of aiding local community action groups to unravel the complexities of the law. During the past six months, CLAO has advised a group of Boston poor organizing an egg-buying co-operative, a neighborhood rehabilitation program, and a proposed Cambridge credit union...
...whole argument is a confusing mess that Senate investigating committees have been at a loss to unravel. At any rate, the petty officials and the petty coaches go at one another, and just like in the similarly trivial NCAA-Ivy League squabble, the losers are the athletes. The hopelessness of the participants' situations was highlighted by Villanova's superb Irish runners. Ian Hamilton and Frank Murphy. If they competed, they were threatened with losing the eligibility to compete on Irish national teams and in the Olympics. If they didn't run, they would be violating their athletic scholarships and might...
...Travel Agent Susan Stein recalls with a shudder the time recently when her sequined dress got tangled in the sequins belonging to Marie Edith Legendre, the French consul general's wife. "I took a small loss at my hem," says Susan, "because I thought her whole dress might unravel." More serious still, there are signs that all the glitter is leading to snow blindness. Snaps the Boston Globe's Marjorie Sherman: "Frankly, I don't think I'm going to put any glitter on my Christmas tree, I'm so sick...
...clouds, Rossow proposes a novel experiment. Fine wire could be wound into a projectile and fired through tornado-spawning clouds. After the projectile leaves the cannon, a parachute-like plate attached to one end of the wire would pop open. It would pull on the wire, causing it to unravel from the speeding projectile...