Word: footedly
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...giant tsunami, or tidal wave, on the United States' low-lying Eastern Seaboard are probably overblown. Sparked by a report in this month's issue of the journal Geology that researchers have discovered cracks in the continental shelf off Virginia, residents have been alarmed by visions of 20-foot waves heading toward North Carolina, Virginia and Washington, D.C. The scientists behind the report, however, are very cautious in saying that such an event is highly unlikely. "This is a possible disaster kind of scenario, but it's just a possibility at the present time," said Jeffrey Weissel of Columbia University...
...Their resistance is driven not by politics but by economic considerations," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "Essentially, they're less an insurgency than a bandit group. What's needed, therefore, isn't a traditional peacekeeping operation - which keeps apart the foot soldiers of two armies whose leaders have agreed to make peace - but an expeditionary force to subdue the rebels...
...only antidote to the tension. At New Year's the anxious band was driven north to a town full of bars near the border, only to wait some more, presumably while the coyotes contacted accomplices on the U.S. side of the border. On Jan. 10 they headed out on foot across the desert...
...fairly restricted in what they can become. (Stem cells in the bone marrow usually give rise to different types of blood cells; stem cells in the muscles generally give rise to muscle.) Otherwise, Kafkaesque as it may seem, you could wake up one morning to find that your foot had turned itself into a liver. In any case, while there's no controversy over the use of adult stem cells, their potential benefit as a therapy seems limited...
...Diaper Genie is a popular invention that seals a used diaper in plastic wrap. While it reduces odor, it also puts another layer of plastic between your diaper and the landfill. Here's a better idea: a diaper pail with a tight-fitting, foot pedal-operated lid can be bought at a hardware store and doesn't require $5 Genie refills...