Word: warmers
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...disregarding all the bells and whistles, the most important question--does the food actually taste better?--is still up for debate. It's true that the same meals are served all over campus, but better serving containers (open hot plates instead of those familiar silver buckets) keep food warmer and less soggy. And there is something to be said for presentation and for atmosphere. If the selections seem appetizing and enticing, and if there is no need for a martial arts degree in order to get at what you want, it would make sense that you'd have a more...
...activity is contributing to global warming." Former New Jersey Senator Bill Bradley, another Democratic hopeful, acknowledged that it was a "serious threat." But the G.O.P. candidates sounded less certain. Texas Governor George W. Bush, his party's front runner, and Elizabeth Dole both agreed that the earth is getting warmer but professed to be agnostic about the cause, saying only that the question should be taken "seriously." Steve Forbes, for his part, had no doubts: "I don't believe it," he said of global warming...
...Animals go where the climate takes them,? says TIME senior science writer Jeffrey Kluger. ?What the butterflies are telling us is that we have been in denial for some time: Global warming is not just coming, it is upon us.? Scientists have calculated that Europe is now slightly warmer than it was 100 years ago and they predict that it will continue to get warmer, and at a faster rate, during the next century because of the greenhouse effect of pollution. ?Evidently some species are already taking steps to adapt to what we have wrought,? says Kluger. Which raises...
...contrast is even more striking in Africa, Diamond said. In the fertile crescent, in the area of the Persian Gulf, cultivation was always easy and fruitful. In the warmer climates in the rest of Africa, suchagriculture was impossible, thus preventing thespread of culture and people since those who weresuccessful in agriculture stayed put for the mostpart...
...contrast is even more striking in Africa, Diamond said. In the fertile crescent, in the area of the Persian Gulf, cultivation was always easy and fruitful. In the warmer climates in the rest of Africa, such agriculture was impossible, thus preventing the spread of culture and people since those who were successful in agriculture stayed put for the most part...