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Performing a risky maneuver that required precision flying, space shuttle astronauts retrieved an orbiting satellite and simultaneously avoided being rear-ended by a passing ultraviolet telescope. 22.
According to one expert, the cause of genetic irregularities in many breeds of dog is not so much that dogs are being bred for looks or to meet other narrow criteria as that the breeds have relatively few founding members. 23.
The survival of coral colonies, which are composed of innumerable tiny polyps living in a symbiotic relationship with brilliantly colored algae, is being threatened, experts say, not only by pollutants such as agricultural runoff, oil slicks, and trash, but also by dropped anchors, probing divers, and global warming. 24.
Lenders and building managers in the southwestern section of the city report that because of the renewed rental market in the area and the increased willingness of banks to lend money, apartment buildings are being rehabilitated at a pace unseen for a decade. 25.
A mixture of poems and short fiction, Jean Toomer's Cane has been called one of the three best novels ever written by
a Black American—the others being Richard Wright's Native Son and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man. 26.
A new hair-growth drug is being sold for three times the price, per milligram, that the drug's maker charges for another product with the same active ingredient. 27.
Very reluctant to have any extra weight on his plane when he attempted his solo transatlantic flight, Charles Lindbergh refused to carry even a pound of mail, despite being offered $1,000 to do so. |