Word: anciently
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Most of our major food crops today are the result of genetic manipulation by ancient farmers. Over time, a small runt of a plant has been transformed into one that produces the large ears of corn that we enjoy today. If not for genetically modified crops, civilization would have had a lot harder time taking off. DAVID P. GRAF Chicago...
...john). It may be the only place in the world written up in both Penthouse and Civilization, the Library of Congress magazine. When Giecek first explored the dank basement rooms, which the madams hadn't used since the '40s, he found lipsticks, a 10-minute timer, chamber pots, an ancient jar of Vaseline. In one room, the bed frame had worn through the flooring...
...displaying the four men's naked butts, which is quite an archaeological sight--he will embarrass neither them nor us. Directing from a script by Ken Kaufman and Howard Klausner, he finds fresh breezes in familiar vectors: the residual rivalry of Frank and Hawk, the tensions between the ancient astronauts and the modern ones, the impact of decay and disease on minds that are still bright, wills that are still strong...
...Cheney choice demonstrates something else Bush learned as Governor of Texas: caution. He developed an aversion to taking political risks after his proposed 1997 overhaul of the state's property-tax law, a highly ambitious attempt to correct some ancient inequities in the system, ended in a revolt by G.O.P. legislators and business allies. Bush was able to salvage a tax cut from the fiasco, but he told TIME last fall that the experience taught him that "the status quo is really powerful. In times when there is not a crisis, it's hard to get people to act boldly...
...student going to Harvard in the fall took an intensive ancient Greek class at Harvard Summer School," he continued. "It really helped give her a sense of Harvard and she is eager to get her feet...