Word: mereness
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...easy to like hammerhead sharks. Ugly to the point of freakishness, stupid beyond mere brutishness, the species is one of nature's least agreeable creations. Nonetheless it was bad news last week when the journal Science published a paper revealing that the unloved hammerhead, as well as many other species of shark, is vanishing faster than we imagined. If the beleaguered predators--consumed as delicacies, hunted as trophies and inadvertently caught by fishing fleets seeking other game--should ever disappear entirely, the world's oceans could be in serious trouble...
...reindeer herders near the Russian border. Though the trip is scheduled for two days, it takes four to grind over dried-out riverbeds and slog through mud bogs between hills that roll like waves and crest into craggy rock. The land is so empty at times that a mere stand of trees is welcome relief...
...Staff errs in its assessment that the empty chemical weapons warheads found in Iraq do not constitute a “material breach.” Per U.N. Resolution 1441 itself, the mere existence of any undeclared “delivery systems” for illegal weapons necessarily constitutes a violation of the resolution. Thus, it is fundamentally irrelevant whether the United States chooses to wait for the inspectors’ full report, since we already have enough evidence of Iraqi malfeasance to justify military action...
...great empires, the Mongols left the scantiest legacy. The Greeks gave us literature and philosophy, the Romans architecture and law, the British railroads and cricket. The Mongols, true to their nomadic temperament, built nothing and walked away as if their empire were a mere winter camp. They are history's ultimate one-hit wonders. But as Stewart discovers, they have taken this eclipse well. Mongolians can be a barrel of laughs, especially at weddings, which devolve into violently fun drinking sessions in which "giving your new in-laws a good thumping" is expected. The author, perhaps influenced by the omnipresent...
...used to market everything from lip balm to balm for the soul. Even the Pope is getting in on the act. The Vatican announced last week that it would offer customers of TIM, Italy's largest mobile phone operator, an SMS prayer, saint or gospel each day - for a mere €.15. For now, the service is only available in Italian, but plans are in the works to extend the holy messages to other languages and countries. So the Pope's European flock can look forward to invocations like last Wednesday's: "Oh Lord, make me give of myself freely...