Word: waterous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...like a moving blot. When the animals reached the wide moat in front of the wall they plunged in, began swimming across; yet there were no visible herdsmen. A sentry fired into the flock. One of the dark objects in the moat erupted in a geyser of flame and water. Then men on the wall witnessed an amazing thing: some of the sheep seemed to be flipping off their black wool skins and running away on their hind legs...
...nine children), that he succeeded as a painter through hard labor, and never ceases struggling to improve his art (frequently overworking his larger pictures). A less friendly tale has it that he once dived from a cliff of his native Wales, struck his head on a rock under the water, and came up a spluttering genius. In fact, the stories told about John are as contradictory as the man himself...
That means that beginning next week, the Crimson will ply its way over about 15 miles of water each day, as well as sneaking in some sprints when the going gets dull. On the tenth of June, the Crimson headquarters transfers to Red Top, near New London, where practice will continue, and, if possible, intensify, until...
None of the materials used in making aluminum is found in the Saguenay valley. But the water racing out of Lake St. John provides the most vital of all resources needed in the industry: electric power. The urgent river has been thrice dammed to drive generators which produce...
Bright Red Beacon. Most of Professor Tinbergen's work has been with sticklebacks, prickly fresh-water fish that make good subjects for "releaser" experiments. The male builds a nest of fine sticks and tries to persuade females to lay their eggs inside it. He wastes no time on nonpregnant females. But when he sees one with a swollen abdomen, her shape acts upon him as a powerful releaser. He rushes into the lists of love, displaying his own releaser: a bright red belly...