Word: explaining
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...hostess did not explain delay, group members said. When they asked her about it, Natalie rolled her eyes, turned and left, Perng said...
...inside the fossilized skeleton of one of their dinosaurs. And what a find it is: The Thescelosaurus pumper, which may be the first dinosaur heart ever seen by human eyes, is decidedly un-reptilian; it's divided into four chambers and fed by a single aorta. This structure, scientists explain, suggests that the dinosaur in question was warm-blooded, like birds and mammals, rather than cold-blooded, like snakes and lizards...
...lucky spring breakers who booked their Cancun getaway through World Class Vacations backed their asses up and started chugging away the memory of flying on "America's Greatest Little Airline," North American. The airline boasted many creative techniques: folding tables masquerading as check-in counters, colored-in poster boards explaining that the desolate region of Logan airport roping them in was not under construction, but was for those lucky few who had splurged on North American. Thanking God that they had made it to Cancun alive, they were confronted by the nasal sounds of Larry, a self-proclaimed World Class...
...elope and get married in Las Vegas like the parents of my best friend in high school. They didn't celebrate their anniversaries with fancy dinners, diamonds that last forever or romantic getaways. When friends asked how my parents met, I never knew how to answer. How could I explain to my junior-high friends that, at the age of 13, I had never seen my parents kiss...
...picture of Cambridge's average violent criminal, police explain, would depict a teenage male under the influence of drugs or alcohol--and therein lies the biggest hope for further reductions in violent crime: early intervention programs...