Word: jaggedness
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Among the masterpieces of the era is the portrait by Ralph Earl*of Connecticut's Roger Sherman (opposite), once a shoemaker, later a lawyer, and the only founding father to sign four historic documents of American independence: the Association of 1774, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation...
Coleman acquired a deposit in California's Death Valley. In 120° heat he began mining borax in the valley 280 ft. below sea level. To transport the ore over jagged peaks and through the desert to Mojave, Calif., he formed the famed 20-mule team (actually 18 mules...
A lean, greying native of Walla Walla, Wash, with a quizzical look, owlish spectacles and a black mustache. Morgan made his most memorable 1956 newscasts on a story of painful intimacy to him, the sinking of the Andrea Doria. Aboard and reported killed in the crash with the Stockholm was...
In his most concentrated works (e.g., Five Pieces for orchestra, Six Bagatelles for string quartet, Three Small Pieces for cello and piano), Webern pulverized melody, harmony and rhythm. Schoenberg said that these pieces packed the art of "a whole novel in a single sigh." The result is music that drones...
Animal tests support both explanations. Mice develop skin cancer (which resembles lung cancer because of the similarity of the tissues) after a single painting of methylcholanthrene outside the mouth, but they resist repeated paintings inside. However, if their saliva glands are removed and the mouth becomes ulcerated, they become susceptible...