According to the Trivers-Willard hypothesis(假说), a son given lots of resources can become a gentleman — but parents with few resources tend to invest them in daughters, who generally find it easier to be a fair maiden.Studying parental investment after birth is difficult, however. The new...
which are prone to collapse and supposedly haunted by a ghost known as the Puckered Maiden. But things go wrong from the beginning: A generator malfunctions, making the lights inside the cave unreliable, and a cave-in blocks areas that were supposedly safe. Everyone is hiding something, and ...
There are more than a few unsung gems lurking on Maiden’s less celebrated albums, and the skewed goth-prog splendour of “Childhood’s End” is firmly among them. By no means a classic, it does give ‘Fear Of The Dark’ a rare moment of forward-thinking oomph. (DL) 142. Look for...
The year will kick off with the maiden voyage of New Glenn, a heavy-lift rocket built by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin. Credit: Blue Origin Though 2025 won't mark the return of astronauts into deep space as NASA had hoped, launchpads still will be scorching-hot from a procession of robotic ...
There is a friendship, no less than love; relations are not ambiguous; talk has been confided; the outcome is always difficult family dependents; This is the friend![translate] a没有耽误你的工作 Has not delayed your work[translate]
Rarefied – made less dense (of a gas) Recalcitrant – obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly Recant – disclaim of disavow; retract a precious statement Recluse – hermit; loner Recondite – abstruse; profound; secret
Year239(CCXXXIX) was acommon year starting on Tuesdayof theJulian calendar. At the time, it was known as theYear of the Consulship of Gordianus and Aviola(or, less frequently,year 992Ab urbe condita). The denomination 239 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, ...
Placed around the seating were no less than eight speakers. This placement of speakers guaranteed a surround-sound experience. Perhaps it would have been more immersive for me if I had sat somewhere in the middle facing the stage, but instead I sat on the periphery against one of the walls...
a ship for her maiden voyage on the water, and choose a crew of fifty-two, the men selected as the best, and lash the oars beside the benches. Then return to shore, and come to my house. Let the young men hurry to cook a feast. I will provide supplies, ...
But they’re never miserablist slogs or solemn odes to the nobility of the less fortunate. They dare to be scandalously funny. And they refuse to treat their characters like cardboard saints, free of flaws or quirks. Recommended Videos That goes, too, for Ani, the brassy stripper Mikey...