| 单词 | spindly |
| 例句 | He gave me a nasty look and began stripping leaves from a spindly little bush. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Obediently, he quieted and stared in the same direction at the spindly maples that made up their stand of sugar bush. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It was a tiny place, empty except for a single, spindly chair that Hagrid sat on to wait. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She had not seen Lola since that summer, so the figure she imagined at the altar was a spindly girl of fifteen. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Under those sturdy towers of legs are spindly shanks, thin and not too straight; with his chest ruff removed one can see the sagging stomach of the middle-aged. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I draw a trunk, Ivy adds a branch, I extend the branch, but it is too long and spindly. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z One had tried to climb the fence and got its spindly legs caught between the slats. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Her eight spindly legs were lined with curved barbs as big as Annabeth’s dagger. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I could see Radar’s spindly dark legs as his robe blew up around him, and next to him Ben, wearing sneakers without socks. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z We put them into our baskets and go out again, past the pregnant woman and her partner, who beside her looks spindly, shrunken; as we all do. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite his plump cheeks, Somkit was spindly as a stick bug—that never helped when you were living on the streets. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Her eyes were so big and dark that she seemed even more tiny and spindly, on high-heeled shoes that threw her forward at us and made her dress outline her little breasts. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Bonnie was a dour, spindly woman whose thick girlish braids fell like leashes over the innocent puppies pictured on her sweatshirt. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The customer jerked his head on his spindly neck, indicating the various sections of the store—the racks of clothing, the shelves of books, the electronics, the appliances, and, of course, the suitcases. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It was bald, with tattered ears, a narrow chest, a pot belly, and shriveled, spindly limbs. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z His legs were already spindly and his taut, distended belly, like his tiny mother’s goiter, was completely at odds with the rest of his thin, narrow body and alert face. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the distance, Lawrence could see the glow of spotlights illuminating the spindly hundred-foot-tall test tower from which the plutonium “gadget” was suspended. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She got one step into a run when the monster whipped out a long, spindly leg and swatted her feet out from under her. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z At that moment Lee came from the shed leading the Bacons’ horse hitched to the high spindly rig with rubber tires. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z They give a curt nod, and the sheriff turns his horse around and starts off toward the edge of town, the thing walking pretty fast with its long, spindly legs. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z For miles it was either entirely barren or covered in the spindly trunks of dead trees, a few still weakly standing but most toppled. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z The only thing in the room is a folding table with spindly metal legs. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He turned and almost screamed out loud—a beetle blade was only a few inches from him, its spindly legs poking through the ivy and somehow sticking to the stone. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z She frowned at Scipio while she squeezed her spindly legs into her boots. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z But if you looked closely, you just might see two tiny eyes and two spindly antennae. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z He is stooped, spindly, his long hair full of sticks, with a scald crow perched on one shoulder. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The girl had to grab on to the spindly trunks and branches clinging to the slope to keep from falling backward. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z True, Cilia was just a mite spindly— but she was coming along fine. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The Commander’s Wife hurries in, in her ridiculous white cotton nightgown, her spindly legs sticking out beneath it. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The trees are spindly but numerous, and only a few yards in, the pond stops and spills into the creek. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z As the shape drew closer, into the pale wash of the dock lights, I recognized the blue dinghy and the spindly silhouette of my sister at the helm. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z He felt a fresh sense of pride every time those spindly symbols finally fitted together into words and he could get their secret out of them. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z They apologized about it later, claiming that the image of pint-size me with such a hulking instrument between my spindly legs had made them crack up. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The front, including a drooping porch, jutted precariously into the air, supported by tall, spindly cinder-block pillars. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z I see it right away: the marble end table collapsed on top of its spindly black legs. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z For the previous few years I had taken my son, Thembi, with me, and by 1956, when he was ten years old, he was a keen if spindly paperweight boxer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The only color was some dark, spindly bushes and spiney cacti. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z The furrier, a plain woman with spindly arms, leaned over the counter, digging her hands into a stack of fox pelts. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z His was the topmost room in the Seaman's Rest, a high and spindly building built on a rocky outcrop to facilitate smuggling. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z “See the spiny, spindly creature? A round ball with spikes? Like a rolling porcupine?” Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z The washing machine itself is tubular white enamel, a hulk on four spindly legs. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Her legs is so spindly, she look like she done growed em last week. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Tally followed at top speed, rocketing up the spindly track. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z It hopped rapidly away on its spindly olive-green legs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z She wanted to look down at her son and tell him that it wasn’t his father, but she immediately recognized the spindly arms, in a bright flowered shirt that she had made, gripping the cables. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z At the head of the travelers strode Fflewddur, stepping out briskly on his long, spindly shanks. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z The dust, over the years, had eroded him; it had left his features gray, his thoughts gray; it had shrunk him and made his legs spindly and his gait unsteady. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Annabeth spun as a massive dark shape hurtled down at her—a snarling, monstrous blob with spindly barbed legs and glinting eyes. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z With infinite weakness she climbed slowly to her spindly legs, dragged herself to the door, took four laps of water and collapsed on the floor. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z One pot was in the shape of a large owl’s head, and growing out the top were just the spindly burned stems of something that had been alive the day before. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z We run away from the footprints, the silver-gray museum, and past the spindly trees. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z David leans his long, spindly body against the kitchen counter and pokes at toaster parts, like he’s got nothing better to do. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Half of the branches broke off and all the spindly leaves are brown and soggy. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Carefully, he took two of them off the spindly branch where they were lying, blew gently into their faces as they opened their eyes and yawned, and put them in his pocket. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z He said, “I’m going to pull you apart, elf. I’m going to pull off each one of those thin, spindly, pale arms. But you’ll still be alive.” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Some scraggly pink geraniums, marigolds, and spindly poinsettia plants, Lupita’s gardening efforts, bordered the front of the house. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z Behind the lamassu, more columns sprouted from the ground like ancient trees in a petrified forest, forty feet tall, spindly but still miraculously upright. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z One spindly specimen stood in for everything she had been up until this moment. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z A row of spindly legs extended from its equator. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z A bowl of goldfish stood on a spindly pedestal in the corner. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z I touch my forehead and imagine a spindly cactus pressed there, my face bloody, like Jesus. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The bungee jacket used the same lifters as the hoverstruts that held the spindly structures up. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z Like their owner — her reflection in the window was spindly and stiff, separated just this way, by a pane of glass, from some more vibrant world. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z He was waving his pirate sword—a spindly stick from the cherry tree. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z It looked, to them, like something from the Victorian era, balanced on a spindly tripod, with a pleated belly like a bellows and a dark cloth that Mia ducked underneath. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We were similar in build, thin and lithe, with somewhat spindly arms and legs. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I clear my throat and reach out, carefully sliding the container from her spindly fingers. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z At the end of the 1950s, when the American space program looked as uncoordinated and spindly as a foal, predicting that the United States would best the Soviets might have seemed like a fool’s bet. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I went for a wing first, pulling apart the spindly double bones and getting all the meat trapped there. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Grandma had a thin, angular face and an endless store of faux Indian jewelry, all silver and turquoise, which hung in clumps from her spindly neck and fingers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Innumerable chains and beads hung around her spindly neck, and her arms and hands were encrusted with bangles and rings. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z A sickly green creature with sharp little horns had its face pressed against the glass, pulling faces and flexing its long, spindly fingers. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Now Gogol looks onto a field, some spindly trees against a cobalt twilight sky. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Army blanket wrapped around his spindly legs to ward off a chill. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z If the gravity were much less, there might be tall, spindly shapes that would not be tumbled or crushed by their own weight. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The spell slashed across their spindly bodies, and they bolted behind another train car. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z Its three spindly fingers became five slender ones with jeweled rings on each. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z His robe flapping around his spindly legs, Dallben made his way to a huge chest, unlocked it with an ancient key, and raised the lid. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z Hagrid must have jumped, too, because there was a loud crunching noise and he got quickly off the spindly chair. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z The Bundimun at rest resembles a patch of greenish fungus with eyes, though when alarmed it will scuttle away on its numerous spindly legs. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Thorn appeared with a plate full of chocolate chip cookies and balanced three orange fizzy drinks in her spindly arms before handing them to Seven and Valley. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z His spindly wrists extend from his over-large cuffs, his hands are long and thin, ragged around the nails, like mine. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Mr. Fleming sat on a spindly chair with one of the good teacups perched on his knee, his delivery pouch at his feet. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Every bit of it—its spindly legs, its chronically puzzled expression, its comical oven-mitt antlers—looks like some droll evolutionary joke. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z He had not dreamed her; she was there as certainly as the sparrows had been there, leaving spindly scratches in the mud. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z If only people would use it every day, he told us, Nigeria would not totter like a Big Man with the spindly legs of a child. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Snow frosted the bare branches of the few spindly trees. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Its body is smooth and pale grey, it has bulging round eyes on top of its head and four spindly legs with enormous flat feet. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z From off on the right, his heavy bulbous body lurching dangerously on the spindly legs which barely supported him, came the Overbearing Know-it-all, talking continuously. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z Jesus has trouble looking like a real baby because his arms and legs are too long and spindly. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Almost all the boys were thin, some past the point of gauntness, with spindly shanks and arms like twigs. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z No spindly cross would have kept him down. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I have reached my decision, Harry Potter,” said the goblin, who was sitting cross-legged in a low chair, drumming its arms with his spindly fingers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The pile of tried wands was mounting higher and higher on the spindly chair, but the more wands Mr. Ollivander pulled from the shelves, the happier he seemed to become. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z And he was bound to go for the most vulnerable—a spindly girl, stumbling about in the dark in an unfamiliar place, bravely searching around the island temple for her brothers. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Ms. San Juan, 30, a costume designer, tends to wear her own Helmut Lang with flats by day and spindly heels at night. Spring Fashion: Only the Half of It: The Skirt, and Its Shape, Are in Play This Season 2012-03-21T22:05:04Z Sometimes, instead of spindly heels, models wore Off-White for Nike sneakers with their dangling references to anti-theft devices. Perspective | Virgil Abloh made a lot of noise when he began his Off-White womenswear. Things have gotten much quieter. 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z She batters and fries the blossoms into sweet, spindly fritters, dusted with powdered sugar. How Erin French Made a Tiny Maine Town a Dining Destination 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z The piece's protagonist is a ring of large, fleshy shapes held at eye height by a lattice of spindly chrome supports that evoke a design showroom as readily as the dentist's chair. T Magazine: Nairy Baghramian at SculptureCenter 2013-01-28T14:00:13Z As our vehicle pulls up into the compound, he greets me, a tall, spindly figure who, despite being in his early 60s, has the energy and cheeky glint of a teenager. Giles Duley: 'I lost three limbs in Afghanistan, but had to go back … ' 2013-02-10T00:13:44Z On a desolate country road shrouded in fog and bordered by bare trees, sounds of the wind and lonely music drift on the soundtrack as spindly branches reach across the frame like fingers. ‘The Eternal Daughter’ Review: Two Glorious Sides of Tilda Swinton 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z All four films cowered before the green, spindly legs of a familiar ogre. , in its third week, won the frame with a nondescript $25.3 million at North American theaters, according to early studio estimates. Box Office Weakened: Greeks and Killers Falter in a Junky June 2010-06-06T20:15:00Z The emulation is such that a solid chunk of the album’s opening track, “Stratum 3,” could pass convincingly for the real thing, all spindly funk drumming and rhinocerine tuba chatter. New Music: ‘La Misma Gran Senora’ by Jenni Rivera and ‘Tiresian Symmetry’ by Jason Robinson 2012-12-17T22:57:59Z A wooden walkway through a forest of spindly Bahamas pines led to a shelter on the edge of a sheer cliff that dropped 15 feet to the lake below. Wildlife galore in the Bahamas, where the whole world’s a park 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Some of these asides are interesting enough, but they are too heavy for the spindly story line, which is also burdened by Ms. Spiotta’s growing disdain for her heroine. Review: Dana Spiotta’s ‘Innocents and Others’ Explores the Dynamics Between Life and Art 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z When, in Lear’s madness, she takes off her trousers, she reveals spindly thighs. Lear’s rage comes naturally to Glenda Jackson 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z For a girl who doesn’t miss much, this one’s pretty hysterical, but also demonic and a little scary, like the spindly sharp-angled figures of the German Expressionist Leon Ludwig Kirchner. ‘Pipilotti Rist: Pixel Forest,’ Deep in the Wilds of Video 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z He gently chides a “dead cat” crevice between homes that would be “impossible to clean” and a balcony on spindly stilts that has “the smooth surfaces and floating quality of a hydraulic car lift.” Reading Between the Design Lines 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z One of Lal’s innovations has been figuring out how to take advantage of morphogenesis, the process by which many species of insects transform from wriggling larvae to spindly, multilegged adults. Science-fiction turns real: Genetically engineering animals for war 2013-03-23T19:00:00Z She first made her mark as an artist a few years ago, building spindly assemblages strung with images from art books or magazines as well as beads, twigs and feathers. Artist of the week 192: Sara VanDerBeek 2012-06-07T09:27:20Z Harmonies clash with fuzzed-out guitars, and breaks in the snarl are provided by spindly, taunting guitar lines. FYF Fest 2014: Twin Peaks, Joanna Gruesome keep things reckless 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Beckett himself obsessed over a spindly tree created by sculptor Alberto Giacometti for a 1961 staging in Paris. A rock. A road. A tree. How set designers for 20th century’s most famous play change it up. 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z In Letters to Juliet, we get a bus-tour-like whirl through northern Italian hamlets, where spindly breadsticks and bistro tables stand in for Culture. Movies: Italy Porn (For Ladies Only) 2010-06-05T01:57:00Z Wind chimes, accentuated by nearby construction clamor, create a hollow symphony of banging and clanking, and a spindly, 20-foot-tall cactus bends with the elements, as if it might snap. Ed Moses, 90, prepares nonstop for a new survey at Bergamot Station 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z A photograph shows him around 10 high in a spindly tree looking down at a treehouse he built on its branches. Revealing a Secret Art Life: A Painter’s Sculptures 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Dressed as a lifeguard, Ugo Laffolay of France balances on one hand on the spindly, ever rising arms of his watchtower, torquing his body sideways and shaping his limbs into graceful patterns. Part circus, part technology trade show, Cirque du Soleil's Mexico-themed 'Luzia' opens in L.A. 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z In one composition, the spindly bones of a ruptured house lie collapsed, like a ghastly specter. Seattle’s SOIL Gallery, run by local artists, speaks to the issues of our time 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z More than six years in the making, Ingenuity is just 19 inches tall, a spindly four-legged chopper. Mini helicopter makes historic flight on Mars 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z In “Reed and Television,” spiky leaves seem to be in conversation with a spindly television antenna. Photographers transcend in 2 new Frye shows 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z All I found were spindly stems, almost bare of leaves. New mint from old 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z They were adorable, bouncing around on their spindly legs, chasing each other around the field. I want to eat animals again: How the collapse of my marriage led me back to meat 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z Gangly and spindly, Waarts looked like a young adolescent in the middle of a growth spurt. Teen violinist Stephen Waarts offers imaginative take on classics in local debut 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z One memorable spot is called the Palm Flat, for the lone, spindly palm tree that rises incongruously above the low brush land. On Great Inagua Island in the Bahamas, the flamingos are many and magnificent She and her colleagues discovered a suburban Milwaukee home overrun with apocalyptic paintings, clay crowns, spindly sculptures delicately constructed from chicken bones and sweetly erotic photographs of the artist’s wife, Marie. Rescuing Artists of Vision 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z Display cases and pedestals are piled with simulated rock tunnels, spindly pedestrian walkways, glass train sheds and vintage billboards for Vitalis, Sunkist oranges and deodorant soap. Antiques: A Decades-Long Study Is Finally Published 2010-12-30T22:05:55Z We have to make do with a single spindly leg at £25. Beast: restaurant review 2014-10-19T04:00:00Z “New Brigade,” the title track, also made an impression, with its spindly guitar riff and martial snare-drum fills. Music Review: Iceage?s Punk Sound and Fury at Mercury Lounge - Review 2011-08-24T22:03:06Z But six honey-hued granite peaks give the illusion of a towering castle and jut like spindly fingers into the sky. Exploring ‘The Land of Morning Calm’ 2022-09-25T04:00:00Z The Arm’s now a spindly tree with something akin to a human face. ‘Twin Peaks’ Season 3, Episodes 1-2: Back in Style 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z Holograms’ rhythms are fast and spindly or slow and processional, sometimes full of spark and paranoid energy, sometimes drained of it. Playlist: Albums From Las Malas Amistades and Cooly G 2012-07-13T16:43:05Z The human characters all look thoroughly Burtonesque: long, spindly legs; elaborate hair; grotesquely exaggerated body shapes. 'Frankenweenie': Tim Burton stitches together a weird, sweet film 2012-10-03T22:02:04Z But there's a wonderful inconsistency to her work: sometimes she painted hands emphatic and plain, sometimes as spindly cartoon appendages. The weird world of Alice Neel 2010-07-07T20:30:00Z Leaving them indoors longer is not an option because the seedlings tend to get weak and spindly — they need natural light to get stronger. Seeds vs. plants: A buying guide for vegetable gardeners 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z On a stage dotted with spindly crosses, a wall looking like craggy rock looming in the back, nine dancers created images of collective prayer that kept dissolving into violence. A Dance Steals the Show at an Opera Festival 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z “The Forgiven” is also a spindly portrait of a failing marriage. Books of The Times: ‘The Forgiven,’ by Lawrence Osborne 2012-09-25T21:17:10Z Then the tyke’s journey plunges into the depths of reality when he hops a train, joining the spindly migrants heading to the city in search of work. Review: ‘Boy and the World,’ a Colorful and Stirring Animated Journey 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z A video shows a conclave where dozens of the long-necked, spindly legged birds flock at a wetland hangout. In the galleries: Artist takes a detour on her journey to the past 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z His spindly figure was all the more noticeable as he tripped through the surrounding streets, seemingly drunk and singing his breakup song “Formidable.” Stromae in New York 2015-10-20T04:00:00Z The postcards are like always in that spindly handwriting. BonAp food boss Carla Lalli-Music: Not only is MSG okay, it is a core staple in the pantry 2019-03-30T04:00:00Z Farouk is a spindly and sentimental construction who never attains actual character status. A Syrian Refugee Lands in Ireland in ‘From a Low and Quiet Sea’ 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z They’re essentially landscapes, often featuring spindly black trees, and prettier than the “Sacrilege” works. In the galleries: Works in progress 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Like other incantations in the momcore canon, the sign is often printed on a purposefully distressed plank in a scramble of fonts — perhaps a gloopy typewriter style punctuated with bursts of spindly cursive. ‘In This House’ Yard Signs, and Their Curious Power 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The other day, my 7-year-old opened his journal to a page with three spindly lines of text crammed at the top, pushed it into my hands and asked: “Is this enough writing, Mommy?” Perspective | How (and why) to start a journaling practice with kids 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z The short, bushy trees and tall spindly palms were specially lit for the event, so that they appeared dusted with snow, and they were visible from every angle. LACMA's star-jammed Art + Film Gala and how it signals a turning point for the museum and the city 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Also appealing was the prospect of a place that was truly dark at night — a place where the thick, spindly velvet of steep, tree-covered mountainsides soaks up the darkness completely. Seeking Solitude in Japan’s Mountain Monasteries 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Bourgeois seems not to have paid much heed, yet by 1947 odd, spindly, possibly figurative sculptures were appearing in her paintings. Louise Bourgeois, Celebrated Sculptor, Unsung Painter 2022-06-01T04:00:00Z The stiffness of the emperor’s hand resting on the arm of the throne is surprising, and the aura framing the head with its spindly rays is decidedly odd. Auctions: Century-Old Vandalism of Islamic Art, and Its Price 2011-04-15T12:00:27Z One day you look down at your half-sphere atop its two spindly rods and realize, “I’ve turned into a Weber grill.” Does This Swimsuit Make Me Look Fat? 2011-06-08T20:34:03Z For years, when I pictured the Rio Grande, it was as the spindly, concrete-encased trickle that marks the dividing line between the United States and Mexico. In New Mexico, on the Cowboy Trail of Jack Thorp 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z Her dense leg tattoos show a Zapotec pyramid along with bits of the downtown L.A. skyline and spindly palm trees. Oaxacalifornia dreaming: L.A. library mural project looks at a visual language that transcends borders 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z “I planted it in 1973 as a fragile stick with spindly arms,” she writes, “little imagining how wide it would spread and how many shrubs and ground covers would thrive under its umbrella.” Review | Dig into these gorgeous books for gardening inspiration 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z He’s tree-trunk tall, with funny tufts of fur, and he’s at once bulky and spindly—his arms and legs are floppy noodles that swoop into clublike paws. The Screening Room: “Undiscovered” 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z There was a lovely sense of conversation between Ms. McIntyre, spindly but still electric at 66, and each of her dancers. Dance Review: American Dance Guild Performance Festival 2012-09-07T22:30:01Z These days the grand, spindly things walk, without human aid, across the beaches of Jansen’s native Netherlands. Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests Walk New England Beaches 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z Table Still Life from 1951 has more obviously as its subject the division of spaces, with the long, thin table legs and the spindly handles of the pans doing the dividing. William Scott, the painter who made the everyday into a masterpiece 2013-03-02T08:00:10Z His films initially look rather bare and spindly, only to burst into flower like late cherry blossoms. Cannes 2018: A search for meaning on the Croisette 2018-05-19T04:00:00Z From “The Walking Dead” to the Emmy-nominated “Hush,” a 1999 episode of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” in which spindly supernatural killers steal people’s voices, the relationship between silence and survival has been repeatedly explored. Review: In John Krasinski’s ‘A Quiet Place,’ Silence Means Survival 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z “Chunky legs are mentally more comfortable to sit on than spindly legs.” How to choose the perfect reading chair 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z This hazy lattice of spindly white rods, which hovers above the ground like a digital apparition, is the 13th annual Serpentine Gallery pavilion, designed by the Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. Serpentine Gallery becomes Serpen-Tron 2013-06-04T15:46:57Z The Dominys adapted to changing fashions, supplying table bases and chair legs in spindly Federal or beefy Empire versions. Antiques: Furniture Sleuthing on Long Island 2010-06-10T21:47:00Z This time I made myself look — at the plastic barrette holding back my bangs, my spindly 5-year-old arms. Modern Love: A Family Label, Ungarbled 2010-02-27T02:32:00Z “Their architecture often mimics that of warehouses, shopping malls, or dome-shaped stadiums. Sometimes, the only thing distinguishing a megachurch from a defunct K-Mart is a spindly cross on its facade.” What the megachurch tells us about evangelicals in HBO's "The Righteous Gemstones" 2019-09-01T04:00:00Z The contraption that Joel Brown lugs onto San Onofre State Beach is heavy — about 20 pounds, he guesses — and made more unwieldy by the challenge of keeping the camera balanced on spindly tripod legs. Photo exhibition at John Wayne Airport needed an old-school touch 2014-10-04T04:00:00Z There's a frenetic, almost apocalyptic feel to the collages, with cars racing down crowded freeways, random fires, iconic Hollywood buildings, spindly palm trees and other dry, brittle foliage. Dustin Yellin adds his mark in L.A. with art that's a 'missile for social change' 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z “As soon as I heard about this project, it resonated with me,” Schmider says as he watches Cyrus scoop up ticker tape with her spindly arms and drop it at one of her subject’s feet. Exclusive: Inside Miley Cyrus' Photo Shoot With People Across the Gender Spectrum 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z Out this way, the dense growth, with occasional flowers like white bursts of fireworks or giant fuchsia grenades, are interrupted by spindly, Seussian papaya groves. Maui’s heavenly Hana is more than just a road trip 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z His spindly Irish fingers could probably ooze out a couple of sketches for us. The God of ‘SNL’ Will See You Now 2013-08-22T11:53:25Z He gave me the pitcher to return to the kitchen, but I followed as he headed for the side of our house, where a birdbath sat under a spindly apricot tree. When the 1967 Detroit riot came home 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z But upon closer examination, the map showed an intriguingly spindly state highway with a smugly self-confident name, A1A. Frugal Traveler: A Post-Spring Break Jaunt to Florida's Beaches 2011-04-19T21:52:22Z And any shoe, from a spindly heel to a cushy hiking boot, should get more pliable as you break it in. If you get blisters when you break out the sandals and hiking boots, we’ve got advice 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Pape’s paintings from this first period, in which rotated squares and askew, spindly lines lie in fields of white, draw heavily on the example of Soviet Constructivism. Lygia Pape’s Brazil, From the Beach to the Barricades 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z The sea-creature imagery is one of the more memorable aspects of this dramaturgically spindly, sometimes pretentious work, which is less a fully developed play than a lineup of historically inspired conversations. Review | Big ideas anchor ‘Reykjavik’ and ‘The Old Man, the Youth, and the Sea’ 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z On a densely wooded hill, spindly silver tines twirl above the treetops. Cultured Traveler: Naoshima, Japan, an Unlikely Island as Art Attraction 2011-08-26T19:00:00Z What distinguishes “The Farm” is its nearly hallucinatory crystallization of the old buildings, the spindly central tree and the animals, plants and objects neatly distributed around the grounds. Art Review: ‘Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape,’ at National Gallery 2012-08-02T19:39:06Z He had a pair of birders’ binoculars around his neck, and he was looking north through a clearing, to a fork high in a spindly tulip poplar. A special reunion at the National Arboretum 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z The spindly young man in dark-rimmed glasses bent his leg and fell dramatically to the floor — a vogueing move known as a dip, invented decades ago in New York’s underground L.G.B.T. ballroom scene. A D.J. Shows How to Let Go in Authoritarian Kazakhstan 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z As the crisis evolves — humans threatened, this time by murderous androids — the Doctor wanders ragged and mad, a spindly Lear trying to remember why everything seems at once so foreign yet so familiar. Deep breath, 'Doctor Who' fans, Peter Capaldi up for adventure 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z Get to work on those gams, guys, because these shorts aren’t for spindly shanks. | Shorts for Guys That Are Loose, But Refined 2013-06-22T15:29:43Z This gangly dancer can morph from a giraffe into a grasshopper with the graceful fold of the limbs; he shows the awkwardness and then the spindly side of his body’s strange beauty. ‘Tap and Song’ at Symphony Space 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z Nearby are wooden sculptures by James Butler, whose figures are as spindly as Giacometti’s, although more acrobatic. In the galleries: Medicine chests as a medium for reflection 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z But Ms. Pittman had dressed for spring in a lilac Altuzzara coat and spindly gold heels with eye shadow to match, mixing meditation with glamour. Karen Pittman Isn’t the New Samantha 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z A crimson barn loomed over a farmyard, surrounded by an old corn crib half full of golden cobs, a spindly windmill and a wooden hog house. Journeys: In Iowa, Working to Save Historic Barns 2012-06-01T19:11:06Z The fragments were brought to Earth not by American Apollo astronauts, who were the first people to land there, but by a spindly unmanned craft launched by the Soviet Union. Your Chance to Own a Piece of the Moon 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z It’s true that, when the spindly Bennett sings about courting and being rejected by women, she is by far the most convincing of this generation’s dreamboats. Review: The Serene, Funk-Drenched Sound of the Internet’s “Hive Mind” 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z And when the band gets loud, it does so with precision, as David Pajo's guitar breaks the crush with spindly upper-register notes that sound like a nursery rhyme gone wrong. FYF Fest 2014: Angel Olsen smolders while fans bake in lines 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z The successful landing of a wide-bodied jet, with its enormous loads, is in large part because of the skill of the pilot and the existence of a spindly jungle tree native to the Amazon. A new rubber source could save water, preserve rain forests and even prevent allergic reactions 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z They offered to pay Guirola for advertising their wares while he cycled by placing their adverts on the spindly frame of his bikes. Cuban rides around advertising rules on towering bike 2017-01-09T05:00:00Z Alone, they are spindly, but interplanted with other perennials, they add a real floral punch. The sudden heat and humidity of summer has gardeners dancing a seasonal salsa 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z The exaggerated torsos and spindly limbs of the dolls that hung over his bed — nuns, bullfighters, skeletons — provided a template for his work throughout his life. José Luis Cuevas, a Dark Master of Mexican Art, Dies at 83 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z The scenes in which the tailor flutters about him, throwing out his spindly arms and legs like a Disney flamingo, are wonderful studies in motion. DVD: A Version of Gogol?s Short Story ?The Overcoat? on DVD 2012-01-13T18:02:55Z Holding her by the handles, Kanagawa played with her spindly, splaying cardboard legs and recounted how he learned to shift her udder to one side when she needs to sit down. She’ll Have You at Moo: Milky White and the Power of Puppetry 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z “The only thing it cannot withstand,” he says of the spindly tree, “is a chain saw.” ‘The Hidden Life of Trees’ Review: Magic Kingdom 2021-07-15T04:00:00Z There would be more paintings of bare landscapes, some with spindly second- or third-growth trees struggling upward beneath a blue sky. Vancouver Island, Through an Artist’s Eyes 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z White woodwork, French blue cut velvet, delicate spindly Adam furniture, a dining room all white with little square-paned mirror doors, too attractive!” How America’s open road inspired three women of the 1910s 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z The Guggenheim has supplemented them with judicious loans — including his inscrutable gameboard “No More Play,” from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, and the spindly woman-and-vehicle pair “The Chariot,” from a private collection. Giacometti: Beguiled by Thin Men and Women 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z We were traveling by rental car at the time, lost in a misty rain, when Eva looked up to see a spindly footbridge straddling two mountaintops. How to Backpack Through Europe, With Kids 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Ms. Stone, spindly in her flapper dresses, looks younger than 25, which makes the nearly 30-year gap between her and Mr. Firth — a discrepancy never alluded to on screen — even more striking. ‘Magic in the Moonlight’: Another Woody Allen Odd Couple 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Their spindly leaves are dotted with fuzzy little nubs called trichomes, which absorb moisture, and, given their ascetic transcendence of nutrients, that’s practically all they need. The Alien Minimalism of Air Plants 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z In 1837, Charles Darwin sketched a spindly tree of life in one of his notebooks. A New View of Evolution That Can’t Be Represented by a Tree 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z The fertile single-crop fields of the Central Valley transitioned to a forest of spindly firs and pines and pumice rock. In a Rented RV, Roaming Western Roads 2012-05-20T04:47:18Z As an antithesis, we looked at Van Dyck's paintings of spindly, weak-jawed Charles I who needed to be put on a giant horse in gold armour to disguise his weediness. Rewind TV: The Apprentice; The Song of Lunch; The Genius of British Art 2010-10-09T23:06:00Z But I was a dreamer, a spindly non-class-president type with a huge imagination and zero common sense. I went “Back to the Future” but nothing was there: How I lost Hill Valley and where I found it 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z The shearling jackets were so ample, fluffy and round, the trousers and narrow skirts so spindly that at times on Tuesday the Burberry show resembled a lane of dandelions gone to seed. Burberry: Fly Girls 2010-02-24T21:33:00Z Tonight, Bridwell's echoing plaintive voice and spindly guitar bleed into a hundredweight of instruments. Band of Horses 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z The dozen spindly corpses, curled into the fetal position or swaddled in baskets, belong to a lost pagan civilization around 2 1/2 millennia ago - long before the advent of Islam. Ancient mummies rot as Yemen war vexes even the dead 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z He said it took a few weeks to gather all of the costume elements, including Jack's spindly hands. Danny Elfman concert at Hollywood Bowl brings out Tim Burton fans 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z It is also a handsome vine — not spindly like a lot of clematis — but fully rampant in a few years. This winter, focus on the growing season ahead 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Her spindly legs, oversized feet, and downward gaze expressed awkward pubescent self-consciousness, while the gargantuan scale drove home her discomfort. ‘New Works by Ron Mueck’ Review: Craft Meets Emotion, Personified 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z Yet conceptually, the pieces are drawings: wispy, offhand and characterized by spindly lines. Review | In the galleries: L.A. professor finds heavenly inspiration in Harvard Computers 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z Dressed in sweats and sneakers for an outdoor rehearsal, the dozen or so performers descend the stone stairs in unison, their spindly frames reflected in the building's sweeping steel curves. Music Center's Moves After Dark about contemporary dance, architecture 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z Baltimore artist Emily Campbell fills a room with white-on-black wall figurative drawings that flank spindly white totems, abstract yet with a sense of ceremonial power. Review | In the galleries: Many works in ‘Spring Solos’ form a chorus of concern for the environment 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z Rough edges frame the philtrum, chin and bits of cheek around her lips, and the piece rests on a spindly plaster stem that descends a couple of inches to a broader foot. New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z They are spindly, so plant a group of them. It’s time to plan the new season’s garden, and it pays to be picky 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z This will generate long, somewhat spindly new growth, which is soft and tender enough to eat raw in salads. Resolve to grow a better rosemary plant. Your dinner guests will thank you. 2017-01-03T05:00:00Z When it stopped being cold, the weather turned wet and my clothes and shoes grew a spindly layer of mold. The Kisses That Paid My Rent 2018-08-24T04:00:00Z A horse was pastured beyond the windbreak, a line of spindly willows alongside his yard. David Foster Wallace’s Peaceful Prairie 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z And the land between the geometric fields and canopies of grape vines was given to olive trees — hillsides populated with soothingly straight grids of trees, spindly branches giving way to tufts of pale green. Italy’s Treasured Olive Oil, at the Source 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z It is somehow wonderful to realize that the star is pieced together from a square with two spindly triangles affixed to each side for points. Art Review: Downsizing In a Burst of Glory 2011-05-12T22:30:17Z The Babadook goes paperless in “Come Play,” a thriller in which a spindly creature from another realm torments a child and his family through phone screens and tablets. ‘Come Play’ Review: Alexa, Find Me a Derivative Thriller 2020-10-29T04:00:00Z Watching Rune keep his giant kites in the air is a lot like watching Enger keep this spindly plot aloft: mildly diverting but not particularly consequential. Review | Leif Enger’s fans have waited 10 years for ‘Virgil Wander.’ Was it worth it? 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z The clips conjured memories of Snow White tearing through the woods in a technicolor fever dream while spindly branches snare her blue and yellow dress. I saw The Cure with my parents. Here's why I hope they don't end up on TikTok 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z Searching for trees in these spindly, barely arborescent paintings feels valid and foolish at once. What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z The central figure in “Tidal” is not a dancer but Ms. Laverman who, tall and spindly in black, opens the work with wordless vocalizing. Dance Review: Swirls of Motion in Black and White 2010-12-06T23:25:00Z For the scene outside Fotheringay, Macfarlane fills the stage with spindly trees barren of leaves and provides a painted backdrop that evokes a cloudy landscape. DiDonato a luminous Mary Stuart at Met 2013-01-01T09:46:04Z Urban working-class men called up for service in the Boer war turned out to be pale, spindly and hooked on cheap pleasures. The Art of Camping by Matthew de Abaitua - review 2011-07-06T09:00:01Z Mr. Norman paged through the score and demonstrated snippets of these changing channels on his piano — languid arpeggios, spindly runs, hiccupping circus music, haunting chords. Andrew Norman on Loving ‘Star Wars’ and Pushing Musical Boundaries 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z The term refers to a lighthouse, which in Avery’s depiction is a spindly stack of many kinds of buildings, including monument, windmill and tumbledown shack. In the galleries: Tales from the dark side — of Canada 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z For now, I lingered just a little longer, gazing at spindly birch limbs covered with snow so confectioner-fine that they reminded me of dessert. In Quebec, a Winter Celebration on Skis 2013-01-25T18:23:12Z All his adventures — straight, gay and solitary — are conveyed in the novel’s spindly structure, not so much impressionistic as elliptical. Review | Sex and the teenage boy 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z What had looked glorious from a distance now seemed like a spindly thread of water that might as well have been a signpost taunting me: “3.9 more miles to go.” A Fortress in the Clouds, a Guinea Pig in the Pan 2010-07-14T03:00:00Z This ruins the natural form and encourages the growth of spindly, whiplike branches that are too weak to hold up the flowers. Crepe MyrtleEssential Southern Plant 2010-03-31T16:28:00Z In walked Christopher Wells, the Queen Mary 2's steady hand, a spindly, somewhat persnickety Englishman. T Magazine: The Love Boat 2012-11-14T22:00:06Z Weighing tons, his spindly abstractions of steel and bronze — “The Long I,” “Cut Out,” “0 + 1” — inscribe the landscape like quick strokes and squiggles of some titan’s pen. A Blacksmith?s Touch Makes Music Light 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z I looked down at her spindly neck and the duck droppings scattered over her concrete yard. China's barbaric one-child policy 2013-05-06T06:00:01Z We hurriedly pitched our tent, waving away the marauders while spindly legged, white-bellied South Island robins investigated our work. Mountains? Rain forests? Fjords? New Zealand’s Fiordland National Park has them all. 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z They're tiny knitted creatures, with spindly legs and multicoloured bodies, and snapping at their heels is a gnarly-looking wolf in sheep's clothing. The graffiti knitting epidemic 2010-10-10T21:00:00Z In another, a spindly yogi, flat on her back and legs in the air, balances the rock on her feet. Museum selfies are having a moment 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Moody was a spindly, long-faced man with a prominent nose and often, in performance an effervescent sparkle, as those who recall his Fagin will attest. Ron Moody, Actor Best Known as Fagin in ‘Oliver!’, Dies at 91 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z She has turned the main gallery at Suzanne Geiss into a crowded subway car populated by soft sculptures of wayward appendages, arms and fingers and other long and spindly body parts. Art in Review: Molly Lowe: ‘Sorry, Excuse Me, Thank You’ 2014-03-27T20:24:39Z She recorded this album twice, at home, before going to the studio, and it is no slight to say that the final version retains some of the spindly energy of a demo tape. Listen to Margaret Glaspy’s “Emotions & Math” 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z Sometimes presented in accordion-fold books, the variations here stretch across a wall that holds eight versions of a spindly tree and 16 of a beached fish. Review | In the galleries: ‘Time Capsule’ retrospective highlights jazz’s influence on Frank Stewart 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z Tom Freudenheim, the American art writer, still delights in his economical Wyllie Shaker stove, a metal clamp around a single log with a spindly chimney meandering above. Celebrating George Wyllie: a sculptor and surrealist who still ruffles feathers 2012-08-24T08:50:37Z In the book’s first photograph, Beck faces the stage from the sound booth, wearing a cowboy hat and fanning his spindly fingers across his back pocket. T Magazine: The Many Mutations of Beck 2011-12-05T19:07:03Z But look closer, and you might marvel that these floral arrangements, as spindly as spun sugar, are fashioned from glass. Art Rooted in Nature Blooms at TEFAF 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z The spindly palm trees surrounding Union Station, reaching aspirationally, I liked to think, toward the heavens, for where else could they go having reached this Western terminus? Learning to Look at L.A. 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z The Wal-Mart exclusive package includes an enamel pin shaped as a crystal ball and in front of a black top hat with spindly fingers reaching around the orb. Best 4K UHD horror movies: ‘The Exorcist,’ ‘Videodrome,’ ‘Poltergeist,’ ‘Swamp Thing’ and more 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Though we hustled through the park for Re’s sake, I found the hills of spindly hoodoo spires quite hypnotizing. 2 weeks, 11 national parks, 3,350 miles: Savor the Southwest on the Grand Circle road trip 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z On a recent weekday afternoon, Kirkpatrick eyed a row of spindly citron trees whose branches were supported by a network of trellises and twine. Jews need the rare etrog fruit for Sukkot. That's where a Presbyterian family comes in 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Studying a spindly plant called Arabidopsis thaliana, a Duke University-led team discovered short snippets of folded RNA that, under normal conditions, keep levels of defense proteins low to avoid harming the plants themselves. Unzipping mRNA rallies plant cells to fight infection 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Many trees were spindly and crowded together, competing for scarce moisture in a forest landscape radically altered by the earlier harvests. A giant Oregon fire shows the limits of carbon offsets in fighting climate change 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Bon Iver’s lush, cascading numbers have a way of sneakily building from spindly acoustic vertebrae into richly layered works that crest in one giant swell. Review: Day In Day Out has become Seattle’s hippest urban festival 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z Young fans look at his spindly frame sitting across from Joe Davis and are like, “He did what?” Forever the Bulldog, Orel Hershiser should never be forgotten for his heroics in 1988 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Both animals had most likely been struck from above, the team concluded, possibly by a predator interested more in their meaty bodies than their spindly necks or tiny heads. Fossils Show How Long-Necked Reptiles Lost Their Heads 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z A mere 16 of them house the spindly, 30-foot-tall centrifuges that enrich uranium, converting it into the key ingredient that fuels nuclear power plants. The U.S. Is Paying Billions to Russia’s Nuclear Agency. Here’s Why. 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The sheer force of their thousand-pound bodies pummels the dirt track's hazardous slings — but only after first funneling through the narrow cabling of their spindly forelimb ligaments. Dead racehorses aren’t a mystery: We’ve known all along why they’re dying 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z If you had a table with four legs, spindly legs that become narrower the closer they are to the ground, imagine if the tabletop were 1,000 pounds. Why do race horses keep dying? Inside the sport's push to solve a formidable problem 2023-06-09T04:00:00Z Mosses may grow on a tree trunk, and horsetails may display their jointed stems and spindly leaves across the forest floor. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z That fossil, which is only 3.5 mm tall and resembles a spindly alien spacecraft, looked unlike anything either paleontologist had ever seen. 462-Million-Year-Old Fossil Trove Holds Miniature World of Marine Creatures 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z As olive branches go, it felt a bit spindly. Donald Trump … on CNN? A Live Town Hall Reignites a Debate. 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z The large animals’ spindly legs take a lot of concussive force. What is horse racing doing to prevent catastrophic injuries? 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z The foreboding entrance into the Intermezzo gave way to spindly figures scooped from the piano by Trifonov before he led the orchestra to a bristling climax. Review | At Carnegie Hall, a road-ready NSO delivers a show of sonic force 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Everything that makes up Sellers — her smile that teases mischief, her instincts that reveal an intelligence both on and off the court, and all that bravado — comes packaged in a spindly frame. Perspective | For Brenda Frese’s Terps, this gritty Elite Eight return is awfully sweet 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z On a recent weekday, a billboard across from the Oklahoma City Thunder arena proclaimed “Always Onward” over a newly opened park of spindly young trees. Oklahoma Wants to Be the ‘Next Texas.’ Imagine That. 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z At stake is the survival of more than 1 million of the sensitive spindly trees facing a relatively distant but potentially lethal climatic scenario unfolding across their ancient domain. Newsom administration offers legislation to protect western Joshua tree 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z Up close, the teeth resemble spindly plant roots or mealworm bodies. Never-before-seen jurassic mix between flamingo and whale unearthed 2023-02-04T05:00:00Z Then Simard spots a spindly Douglas fir tree, barely a foot high. With forests in peril, she’s on a mission to save ‘mother trees’ Exposed wood tables and spindly chairs make a minimalist statement softened by pillows near some seats and a bar fronted with Portuguese tile. Review | Ruse celebrates ‘approachable luxury’ on the Eastern Shore 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z After landing his spindly biplane on West Executive Avenue Northwest, Grahame-White had lunch with other aviation enthusiasts, then climbed back into his aircraft and took off. Perspective | In 1910, an English aviator set his plane down next to the White House 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z As the doctor pulls up his jumper and tracksuit bottoms to show his spindly arms and legs, his mother looks on impassively. Ethiopia civil war: The boy named ‘Wealthy’ who weighs half what he should 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z It looks spindly and grass-like - quite different to the varieties growing in fields today. Climate change: Could centuries-old wheat help feed the planet? 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z That’s the background tragedy that spurs the bereft woodcarver — voiced with crusty finesse by David Bradley — to one night drunkenly build a spindly boy out of pine. Review: 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio' entertains and disarms 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z Kevin Durant stepped once with his left leg, quick and spindly as a spider’s, then again, and just like that Daniel Gafford was on the floor. Wizards not only lose but help dysfunctional Nets look functional 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z These lemurs’ middle fingers are more than three inches long, and very spindly. This Lemur’s Creepily Long Finger Is Perfect for Nose-Picking 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z “That long spindly thing in your stool can certainly look like a tapeworm if you don’t know what you’re looking for,” Moore says. Parasite cleanses are ‘modern snake oil.’ Experts explain why. 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z Nothing but 2 meters and one spindly forget-me-not lay between us. How I found myself befriending a wild fox 2022-10-22T04:00:00Z The artist showed spindly and seemingly haphazard free-standing sculptures at Pazo Fine Art recently, but this show’s pieces appear more focused and cohesive. Review | In the galleries: Sculptures take us beyond the conventional 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z As a stringy sophomore, Gentry weighed around 160 pounds, the unexpected growth spurt leaving his towering frame spindly and awkward. How Eric Gentry transformed into USC's pass-swatting defensive field general 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Full greens with large blades, and turf with spindly threads. Column: Has a UC Riverside researcher created the Holy Grail of drought-tolerant lawns? 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z It can also be used to encourage balanced and full growth, particularly for trailing plants keen to grow long and spindly. Making time to care for your indoor house plants 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The seedling would not bend, but it would grow tall and spindly as if grown in the dark. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The piece recalls the confident austerity of the late D.C. artist Anne Truitt, and strongly contrasts the work of the show’s other sculptor, Danni O’Brien, whose found-object assemblages are bulbous, spindly and surreal. Review | In the galleries: Seasonal group shows include a singular artist 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z An ancient Noh dancer born under highly mysterious circumstances, he bursts into the frame on spindly human legs, an overgrown extendable arm flailing behind him like a kite. Review: 'Inu-oh' is a psychedelic Japanese anime rock opera for the ages 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z A series of loopy spirals or spindly legs? ‘Wordle’ fan? The National Gallery of Art has launched a copycat. 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z A baby in a wheeled chair, outside a home in Denver, looks like an alien being, with four spindly metal legs, abandoned on Earth after the mother ship fled our failed speck of a planet. Review | Robert Adams looked past despair and found the truth of America 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z The seedling would not grow tall and spindly, but it would bend. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z Converting your lawn doesn’t mean having five spindly plants poking through a rock pile, though, or a sea of cactus and gravel. Grass is a water hog. Here’s how to create a drought-tolerant yard. 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z Canada thistle, a spindly purple-flowered weed native to southeastern Europe, likely came to North America in the 1600s in a batch of contaminated seed or in the ballast of a ship. ‘They’re everywhere’: The never-ending battle to control noxious weeds in WA 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z Q: What could be the cause of my heirloom tomatoes, started from seed, becoming spindly after being transplanted into my raised beds. When to plant hot peppers, how to help sad peonies and tomatoes, and more garden questions 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z Both gruff and tender, Dylan’s voice curled around his backing band’s spindly guitars like a lingering puff of cigar smoke during “I Contain Multitudes,” another newbie that has the glow of an old standard. Review: Bob Dylan shuns the hits for uncompromising delight in Seattle 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z The seedling would not grow tall and spindly, but it would bend. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The first U-2 mission over unfriendly territory took place on July 4, 1956, the spindly plane flying over Leningrad — St. Petersburg — and taking photos of a shipyard there. Perspective | In 1956, the CIA’s photo spies moved into a shabby D.C. office building 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z Yura is a teenager growing into himself, spindly and spotted, with dark circles pressed under his eyes. ‘This tears my soul apart’: A Ukrainian boy and a killing 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Tomatoes that do not get a minimum of six hours of sun per day will become weak and spindly. When to plant hot peppers, how to help sad peonies and tomatoes, and more garden questions 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z A quick survey of the scene might miss the spindly potted pot plant a few feet away on the deck. 'I'm not doing anything wrong': Pot-smoking L.A. moms on parenting while high 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z The seedling would not bend, but it would grow tall and spindly as if grown in the dark. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z The largest pieces in Mary Annella Frank’s “Creature Comforts” are spindly, yet towering and powerful. Review | In the galleries: Imposing sculptures with an airy ambiance 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z The motifs include power lines, tree groves and train tracks, all spindly but conveying a sense of motion or connection. Review | In the galleries: Artists bring light out of the darkness of night 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z One of the park’s climbing structures — a spindly caterpillar with big eyes — can be seen in the film. 40 years after the blockbuster movie, ‘E.T. Park’ in Porter Ranch could become official 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Start by removing dead or seriously diseased canes; branches growing into the middle of the plant; and weak, spindly twigs. Ciscoe’s tips for waking up your garden in early March 2022-03-05T05:00:00Z An urban forest of shady sycamores instead of spindly utility poles. How SoFi Stadium's landscape designer is transforming Los Angeles' urban grid 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z Australia’s Central Tablelands, hundreds of miles northwest of Sydney, are dominated today by grasses and spindly trees. Fossils of a Prehistoric Rainforest Hide in Australia’s Rusted Rocks 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z “They cut down the things that look spindly and tall — the most outspoken,” she said. A Digital Manhunt: How Chinese Police Track Critics on Twitter and Facebook 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z On Tammy Sue Lane and some other streets in La Vergne, the landscape still looks freshly cleared — if a yard has trees, they’re often spindly. This block used to be for first-time homebuyers. Then global investors bought in. 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Old photographs show him as a spindly teenager in T-shirt and shorts, crouched super low on his board, carving graceful cutbacks. Are skateboarders really solving the world's problems, one trick at a time? 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z The robotic device, which is about the size of a softball with spindly legs sticking out, has completed 16 flights on the red planet since arriving there in February. NASA Introduces Class of 10 New Astronaut Candidates 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z “Pivoting across the stage on spindly black crutches, looking more a black widow spider than a king, he initiated a whole new wave of Shakespearean acting,” Jonathan Myerson wrote in the Independent in 2004. Antony Sher, chameleonlike star of the London stage, dies at 72 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The spindly island of Dùn, with the adjacent island of Hirta in the foreground. Agony and Ecstasy on the Scottish Archipelago of St. Kilda 2021-10-11T04:00:00Z In fact, it just raises more questions about how these spindly black blobs managed to coordinate a planet-wide attack and what exactly it is they want. Invasion’s creepy alien reveal was worth the wait 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z As he prayed, a cluster of small bells rang out from a spindly wooden gazebo. Long Arm of Russian Law Reaches Obscure Siberian Church 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z You can see it in the spindly trees they plant in the hard ground, staked down so they won’t bend in the wind. Perspective | Like many Texas women, I had a safe, legal abortion. What happened to our state? 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z Last week, only the gazebo’s spindly roof was visible, like the center of an enormous, patched circus tent. Biden vowed to close a border migrant camp, then a worse one emerged under his watch 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Bloodhounds typically grow to about 120 to 130 pounds, and they’re known for their spindly legs and jowls around their eyes, plus they drool — a lot. Two bloodhound pups — Duke and Luna — join Fairfax County police force 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z Six years later, the farm looks all but abandoned from the road, with a few cows roaming under spindly trees, but no sign of banana trees. In Slain Haitian Leader’s Hometown, Fear and a Vow: ‘We’ll Kill Them, Too’ 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z But Fikáček soon realized this specimen—with its clear variations in traits, such as its spindly antennae and segmented abdomen—set it apart from previously described beetles. Searching 230-Million-Year-Old Poop, Scientists Find a New Beetle 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z On a nearby bookshelf rests one of the original frogs from Bear-y Tales, all spindly legs and bugged-out cartoon eyes, a creature with alien-like feet and a belly that appears full of hops. A legendary, yet mostly forgotten theme park ride rises from the grave at Knott's Berry Farm 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z It walks slowly on long, spindly legs, eating alone and minding its own business. It’s time to consign the “selfish gene” to the history books 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z “He looks awful, so spindly. His legs are like pipe cleaners,” Simpson recalled. Bruce Brown Is the Nets’ ‘Swiss Army Knife’ 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Ingenuity, with four spindly legs and a solar panel and costing about $80 million, made the long journey to Mars tucked in the rover’s undercarriage. NASA flies a helicopter on Mars, the first time an aircraft has flown on another planet 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z How much harder, then, to fix a “center” in L.A., a city whose silhouette resembles some comic-book alien — a huge, misshapen head and body, and one spindly leg anchored by a single, clumsy foot. Search for the center of L.A. and you might miss the city's heart 2021-03-30T04:00:00Z A protective shield dropped away over the weekend, exposing the spindly, long-legged chopper. Part of Wright brothers’ 1st airplane on NASA’s Mars chopper 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z Jacob, a spindly 6-foot-7 with shock of curls of his own, finished with 23 points on 8 of 11 shooting. Family affair; Groves boys steal show for Eastern Washington 2021-03-20T04:00:00Z Elegant bar seats upended on the bartop poked spindly legs in the air. From closing a restaurant forever to ‘Top Chef’ — an extraordinary pandemic year in the life of Seattle’s Shota Nakajima 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z But even as a spindly youngster, Eaddy was entirely convinced of where basketball intended to lead him. Point guard Tahj Eaddy has found the ideal situation at USC 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z The team began combing the farmlands and prairies of Nebraska and five neighboring states for the tiniest of creatures, from ferocious antlions to colorful leafhoppers to spindly assassin bugs. More than 130 years after its discovery, this moth was finally photographed alive 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z The specimen’s stripy, spindly legs also made it a likely candidate for a group called banded assassin bugs, some of which are still alive today. A Surprise in a 50 Million-Year-Old Assassin Bug Fossil: Its Genitals 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z These two spindly dudes could probably go back and forth about hoops for hours, so I'd have to place myself in this meeting to make sure they stayed on task. No, Obama, we do mean "defund the police": It's not a snappy slogan, it's a demand for justice 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z Surrounded by mountains and a few spindly pines, masked relatives crowded around Duran’s fresh grave, joined by unmasked mariachis who sang “Amor Eterno.” For a border funeral home that survived the cartels, the coronavirus crisis is worse 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z In the fall, and over the course of several months, five eggs hatched into spindly black nymphs. He Was a Stick, She Was a Leaf; Together They Made History 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z Then he drew a spindly sketch of a tree. Charles Darwin: Notepads worth millions lost for 20 years 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z Especially when you consider how he has reinvented himself from spindly winger to powerful number nine. Pele at 80: Where does he rank among the GOATs? 2020-10-23T04:00:00Z Besides portraying them as conventionally attractive, the sculpture uses symbols that emphasize the more traditional feminine aspects of their lives: Truth's lap full of knitting; Stanton's delicate, spindly furniture; and Anthony's handbag. The banality of evocation: Remembering a feminist movement that hasn’t ended 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Observe the dynamics — the solicitousness of the studs, the defiance of the mares, the submission of the spindly foals. To Break a Horse, and a Woman 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z The tendency to flap happens with Earth helicopters, too, since the blades are long and spindly. A stowaway helicopter on NASA’s Mars rover will attempt the first flight on another world 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z At 2 days old, David Alejandro Vega weighed just 3 pounds, spindly arms and legs reaching from his neonatal intensive care incubator for a mother he couldn’t touch. Coronavirus has torn this tight-knit Texas valley apart: 'We're in hell right now' 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z They are growing a few spindly lettuces on board as an experiment and catching fish with home-made lines and lures. In the middle of the Pacific with nowhere to land 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z The Starship lander will be much heavier than the spindly lunar module of the Apollo missions. SpaceX now dominates rocket flight, bringing big benefits—and risks—to NASA 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z Bissinger wrote, “It could be anywhere in this vast land, where on a Friday night, a set of spindly stadium lights rises to the heavens to so powerfully, and so briefly, ignite the darkness.” Night lights at school fields across nation a ‘sign of hope’ 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z Seen from the street-facing side, it appears as a series of randomly staggered concrete platforms with multiple boxes hoisted by spindly steel poles and enclosed on all sides by glass. The Architect Making Conceptual Art Out of Buildings 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z Since the booth’s spindly, pliable legs aren’t firm enough to allow it to stand up, this humble shelter for individual democratic action is instead suspended from above by invisible monofilament. Review: George W. Bush is her 'blue boy.' How artist Katie Herzog throws some serious shade 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z WUHAN, China — Bella Zhang hung an intravenous drip on a spindly tree branch and slumped down on a large stone planter outside the crowded hospital. Her Grandmother Got the Coronavirus. Then So Did the Whole Family. 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z It rolled the skull around in its spindly fingers, and then threw it at the wall above her, showering her with plaster. The game 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z They noted immediately that the men’s thigh circumference reflected their ages and lifestyles, with the young athletes sporting the burliest legs, the elderly athletes slightly smaller ones, and the inactive elderly men the spindliest. 25 Again? How Exercise May Fight Aging 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Old Trafford was treated to a familiar sight in the opening 10 minutes, as a spindly, cocksure attacking midfielder was kicked from pillar to post by brutish opponents before responding with a wondrous goal. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2019-12-02T05:00:00Z They made the playoffs twice while Davis was part of the team, and he grew from a spindly 19-year-old to a broad-shouldered MVP candidate. Anthony Davis' return to New Orleans delights area fans of Lakers 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z As light as a gazelle on his spindly legs, Medvedev sought to keep it lively across the baseline, while Nadal, uncoiling his lefty forehand, also searched for openings nearer the corners. Rafael Nadal battles back from the brink to beat Medvedev in thrilling style 2019-11-13T05:00:00Z And sometimes the fascination lay in the sheer unlikelihood of such an author existing at all, amid the most inauspicious circumstances: a houseful of children, a ne’er-do-well husband, a spindly desk in a drafty hallway. The Women Who Helped Build Hollywood 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Bits of figurative imagery do turn up amid the spindly shapes and irregular blocks of color. Review: Lari Pittman's extraordinary 'Declaration of Independence' at the Hammer Museum 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Those spindly white fibers are gas clouds that stretch for millions of light-years, fueling supermassive black holes and star-birthing galaxies at their dark red intersections. Black Holes, Volcanic Scrolls and a Teeny, Tiny Heartbeat: Science GIFs to Start Your Week 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z A 5-feet 7-inch tall white robot, basically a spindly arm affixed with a claw of the sort customarily found in an arcade vending machine, glided around the kitchen on its two Segway wheels. A.I. 101: What is artificial intelligence and where is it going? 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Cummings, a spindly, socially diffident, unsmiling figure, spoke next. Opinion | The ‘Political Anarchist’ Behind Britain’s Chaos 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z At 55, in clear-framed spectacles and a head of curls, Mr. Gladwell still has the spindly, featherweight look of someone who can break a five-minute mile on a casual weekend run. With ‘Talking to Strangers,’ Malcolm Gladwell Goes Dark 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z He pointed a few hundred feet ahead, to a couple of piles of spindly logs, two stories high. A Trailblazing Plan to Fight California Wildfires 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Arranged in grids, arcs and asymmetrical arrays, they resemble high-tech fishing nets, impossibly spindly bridges, supersized spirit catchers and otherworldly telephone poles. 'Voice of America' exhibition is a fascinating look at early shortwave radio 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z When astronaut Neil Armstrong emerged from the spindly lunar module Eagle onto the craggy surface of the moon, he united a bitterly divided nation in a brief moment of national pride and wonder. Review | The dreams and dedication behind our leap to the moon 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z PROVIDENCE—True to their name, stick insects are famous for their spindly legs and lithe brown or green bodies that let them blend in with their environments. Thorny devils grow giant legs to pin rivals 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z Shakespeare consists of nine or ten abandoned buildings, two inhabitants, and a spindly aluminum windmill. The Wild West Meets the Southern Border 2019-06-03T04:00:00Z Astronauts and other space luminaries sat in the audience under blue-tinted lighting before Bezos unveiled the boxy ship with four long and spindly landing legs. Elon Musk goes after Bezos’ Moon lander with lewd joke 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Here, wide pappardelle replaces spindly spaghetti to cradle peas and salty prosciutto. Five or Fewer: Get dinner on the table fast with these easy pasta dishes 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z A spindly Spock impersonator milled around the edges, looking sternly into the distance. As Coachella raged, the L.A. tech world made plans to live on Mars 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The structure was being put up around several spindly saplings, taking care to avoid trampling the soil. Amazon's trees get taste of air of the future 2019-04-19T04:00:00Z Not everyone peered through the same optimistic lens evaluating the spindly Guy, who floated under the radar of many major college programs. Two-handed J to Final Four: The evolution and revival of Kyle Guy 2019-04-07T04:00:00Z Through one window, a spindly tree threatened to burst into pink blossom; across the street, old-school Capitol Hill favorite The Crescent looked grungily great, its rainbow and American flags fluttering. Feels like family: Seattle’s Dacha Diner might be your new favorite place 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z Listen closely at The 5th Avenue Theatre this month and you’ll hear an unusual sound there: the spindly rumble of pointe shoes meeting the floor. ‘Marie, Dancing Still’ at 5th Avenue Theatre is a rarity: a ballet musical 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z On the runway, clutches in the shapes of the logos for People and Life hung from the models’ spindly arms. Virgil Abloh, Menswear’s Biggest Star 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z “The Hart and the Hunter” is Aesop’s tale of a stag who admired his handsome antlers but disdained his spindly legs. The Hart and the Hunter makes carrots-on-toast special, but it has some rough edges to iron out 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z Many of the pedestals stand atop spindly furniture legs, their lower edges trimmed in genteel lace or frilly ruffles. Review: The psychosexual madness of Trulee Hall's show at Maccarone Gallery 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z His eyes alternating between the image on a Pebble Beach brochure and the spindly old conifer on the Gibraltar-like headlands, he sadly confirmed, “It doesn’t look like it used to.” The Lone Cypress on the Monterey Peninsula loses a limb during brutal storm 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z In April, if all goes to plan, a spindly uncrewed aeroplane with a wingspan wider than a jumbo jet will take flight in Puerto Rico. High-flying pseudosatellites get their day in the sun 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z The pale, spindly trees, tinged with green, look and taste like a cross between broccoli and cauliflower. Sizzling Pot King: Go beyond hot pot and spice things up with ‘dry pot’ at this unique Hunan spot 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z Tall and spindly with the rigid posture of a military man, Gen. Fernández served for a time as a vice president on Cuba’s Council of Ministers, or cabinet. José Ramón Fernández, Cuban vice president, Bay of Pigs commander, dies at 95 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z In his 1665 book Micrographia the British polymath Robert Hooke included his sketch of what looked like a flower garden on spindly stalks. Germs of Genius--a Masterpiece's "Microbiome" Can Spell Its Demise 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z There are parts of the body which, taken in magnified isolation, look strange or spindly or peculiar or unidentifiable, but the sacral area is unmistakable and unusually beautiful. ‘A crunch. A rip. Pain spread like a stain’: my lifetime of back trouble | Maggie O'Farrell 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z His spindly fingers moved gently across the keys. The Friendship That Made Google Huge 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z That’s what occurred 30 years ago at Shadow Creek, where they dealt with spindly pines maybe 15 feet tall. Streamsong Black, Congaree are Golf Digest’s Best New Courses for 2018 - Golf Digest 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z Jamie, who arrived with spindly limbs and a habit of plucking her belly bare, is a rambler with a shoe fetish. Chimp research is over, but hundreds are still in labs. A tiny Washington sanctuary is helping them. 2018-11-22T05:00:00Z And speaking of weird-looking animals: The oldest known figure drawing — found in a cave in Borneo — depicts a reddish creature with spindly legs. The Week in Business: What the Midterms Mean for Taxes, and Amazon’s 2 New Homes 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z Think about it: a stack of CD-Rs – single-use, easily scratched and lost – arrived on a kind of spindly plastic top hat. The CD-R is dead – and Generation Z are lucky to have avoided it 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z Gramps now held the spray to his spindly, metal legs. Ferromagnetism 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z Finck’s style reflects her anxieties: her humans are spindly scribbles with childlike faces that are sometimes little more than a chin, or two bulging eyes. 'I was a real artist until I turned 11': the anxieties of New Yorker cartoonist Liana Finck 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z East Texas is pine woods: subtropical growth, spindly trees rising out of green creeks as forest shades into bayou, the smell of drifting water. Opinion | She reported her rape. Her hometown turned against her. Can justice ever be served? The organism attaches itself to the stalk of a sponge and extends spindly tendrils into the current. Discovery of vibrant deep-sea life prompts new worries over seabed mining 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Still, the storm showed North Carolinians on this long spindly finger of land that ignoring the forces of nature to cling to their homes and the coast’s $2.4 billion economy may not be sustainable. Hurricane raises questions about rebuilding along North Carolina's... 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z If this was a show about protest, then shoes formed the crux of the message, with Kirkwood’s trademark spindly heels usurped by relatively more practical bulbous moon boots, flat sandals and thigh-high boots. Rose McGowan: we're still on a razor's edge over sexual harassment 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z Under spindly cabanas by azure waves, two women lie chest down on lounge chairs, their bare backs implying bare fronts. For Lebanese Women, a Beach of Their Own 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z Soon, the doc herself is feeling what it’s like to wake up in the middle of the night, conscious but paralyzed, as a spindly shadow creeps toward her. Review: Sleep paralysis thriller ‘Mara’ is slow to wake but chills in the end 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z His neural logger, with 16 spindly electrodes—each thinner than a human hair—weighs in at just 7 grams. Bat Man 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z His neural logger, with 16 spindly electrodes — each thinner than a human hair — weighs in at just 7 grams. 100 bats and a long, dark tunnel: one neuroscientist’s quest to unlock the secrets of 3D navigation 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z There were four of them stuck into a white, 3-D printed frame, each one home to a spindly plant sprouting from a dab of lab-made jelly. Will Launching Plants into Orbit Yield New Medicines? 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z But while these fragile mortals, often so spindly that they seem to be on the point of vanishing, emerged in response to war and genocide, they embody more than horror. How Alberto Giacometti became a legend 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z That said, there are also plenty of creepy beasties in Before I Wake, including a spindly, ravenous creature that Cody dubs “the Canker Man.” Netflix’s Before I Wake is the perfect film to stream after Hereditary 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z And autopsies showed that this brain region was packed with large, spindly neurons — a little-understood type called von Economo neurons, which are thought to play a role in social processing and awareness. Scientists study brains of people whose memory stays strong into old age 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z His double-necked Gibsons looked so heavy they might topple his spindly frame. Is Gibson, a Totem of Guitar Godhead, Headed for Chapter 11? 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z The odd little creature was supported by two asymmetrical lines of spindly appendages that clicked almost musically as the thing advanced. Starless night 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z Each spindly painting transforms the wall it hangs on into a big-picture plane, creating an enlivening sense of vertigo. For Tony Larson, building blocks of color add up to a much bigger picture 2018-03-27T04:00:00Z And inside, autopsies showed that brain region was packed with unusual large, spindly neurons - a special and little understood type called von Economo neurons thought to play a role in social processing and awareness. Superagers’ brains offer clues for sharp memory in old age 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z When he goes to work on the basketball court, the durability of his spindly frame may be the largest concern. Otto Porter missing one game reminds how thin Washington’s roster is 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Some critics compared the situation at Piazza Navona to Rome’s Christmas tree, which was nicknamed Spelacchio, or mangy, because of its sad, spindly appearance. The Befana Market, a Beloved Roman Tradition, Is Imperiled 2018-01-07T05:00:00Z They looked a bit like spindly palm trees. Ancient Tree Structure Is Like a Forest unto Itself 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z There are smaller, spindly sponges, misshapen globular ones, and encrusted sponges that look like someone poured brightly colored caramel all over the reef—and that even experienced divers sometimes mistake for corals. Sponges and Algae Are Choking the Caribbean's Coral Reefs 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z But the tone was set for the young forward whose slalom runs on spindly legs sent shivers down defenders’ spines. Arjen Robben: how Holland will miss the wonderful master of cutting inside 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z Yeah Yeah Yeahs were at their most spindly and deliberate with “Shake It,” a song unearthed for the remastered reissue of the band’s 2003 debut album, “Fever to Tell.” null 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z One afternoon in late 1997, Holgado was at a cafe in the barrio of Asunción when a tall, spindly man with wild hair and an ill-fitting suit approached him. The father who went undercover to find his son’s killers 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Now he’s the spindly legged big-play threat of the Arizona Cardinals. Small, speedy Nelson emerging as Cardinals’ big-play threat 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z Hurricane Irma’s battering of Florida started on Saturday morning as bands of tropical storm-force winds reached South Florida and the spindly Keys braced for a potentially catastrophic direct hit on Sunday morning. Hurricane Irma closes in on Florida as the state prepares for the worst 2017-09-09T04:00:00Z In the video, her spindly limbs punch reflex volleys and nail sharp-angled slices. Brienne Minor, Following in Family’s Footsteps, Reaches the Big Stage 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z A self-produced, and mostly self-played record, there are rapid changes in texture, from rich African choruses to solo piano sonatas; from rousing Broadway tunes to spindly harpsichord sequences. Benjamin Clementine: ‘I make people believe in me’ 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z Zverev somehow looks half a foot taller than his listed height, in the way that the spindly always do. What will tennis look like after Federer? Can it still be both beautiful and fun? 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z A line of spindly young trees marked the border of a grassy, flat backyard where Deng and his fellow pledges would be initiated into Pi Delta Psi. What a Fraternity Hazing Death Revealed About the Painful Search for an Asian-American Identity 2017-08-09T04:00:00Z In one room, the lighter-fluid stench of chemotherapy clung to a girl’s spindly body like a cloud. Braving Cancer Amid the Chaos of Syria 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Now, horrible half-statements came skittering out of his mouth on long spindly legs in response to even the simplest questions. Opinion | Sean Spicer is free! 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z News & World Report, who points out that Republicans hold a “spindly” 52-48 majority in the U.S. Inside the Beltway: Midterms fire up early: four races to watch 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Hundreds of bullet casings clink underfoot, while spindly bits of flesh, torn off by a shell, lie in a corner. 'I watched her die': The last push for Mosul, from those who lived through the ferocious battle 2017-07-15T04:00:00Z Strange creatures with eight spindly legs that crawl along the ocean floor, sea spiders may look like arachnids, but they're actually not. Underwater 'Spider' Breathes Through Its Legs 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z These are the carnivores that we typically envision of when we think “tyrannosaur”, complete with big heads and spindly arms. Long Live the Fuzzy T. rex 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z The bunch was about 4 inches in diameter, so the price was right for this juncture in the asparagus season; the individual stalks were on the slender to spindly side, but whatever. Test-driving Amazon’s brand-new, very weird grocery pickup service 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z That path seems pretty hard to see now, blocked by the long, spindly arms of Kevin Durant and a thousand Steph Curry mouthpieces. LeBron James created the NBA superteam – and now it will destroy him 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z A spindly receiver, he didn’t make much of an impression. From janitor at combine site, Hogan looks to make it in NFL 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Three months later, in March, he sat with me under the tall, spindly orange tree in his courtyard and described how he barricaded himself in when the fighting started. Aleppo After the Fall 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z This generated a range of plant architectures, from long, spindly flower-bearing branches to bushy, cauliflower-like bunches of flowers — including some with improved yields. Fixing the tomato: CRISPR edits correct plant-breeding snafu 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z While half of the stalwart old planes between the beach’s “Welcome” sign and the boardwalk still flourish, the other half, closer to the ocean, died and were replaced with spindly honey-locust saplings. The Tough Immigrant Tree That Represents New York 2017-04-28T04:00:00Z With its odd bulbous nose and spindly legs, it is an unlovely looking creature – particularly when compared with wildlife favourites such as the polar bear or panda. Saved: the endangered species back from the brink of extinction 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z It was a great responsibility for a spindly, preteen boy who loved nothing more than playing soccer. Mother and Son, Separated During South Sudan’s Civil War, Make Contact 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Monte Morris, the point guard Hoiberg couldn’t keep on the bench as a spindly freshman four years ago, finished with a school-record 100 wins. Iowa State hits reset with Prohm firmly in control 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z Shortly afterward, they were introduced to a spindly, multitatted 20-something Caucasian kid named Zach Warren, whose despair as a young person with few prospects stuck in a backwater like Uncertain was deeply felt. How 2 Seattle filmmakers ended up making a documentary about a tiny Texas town 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z The houses are widely spaced here, on hills around a pond of ice; there are spindly trees on the horizon. Three days with The Dice Man: ‘I never wrote for money or fame' 2017-03-04T05:00:00Z Most of these are homely, with skinny roots and spindly leaves and puny flowers. Orchid Fever 1995-01-15T05:00:00Z Is it expecting too much of you to walk around the few small, spindly branches, instead of choosing to rip a major branch off the tree? Rant & Rave: Quit pruning our tree 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z The group’s name translates as Dill Dental – a nod to Ukraine’s love affair with the spindly herb – and its emblem features a blue molar flanked by two green sprigs. Ukraine's frontline dentists: 'This is how I serve my country' 2017-02-19T05:00:00Z They showed black soldiers amid spindly trees and what looked like Japanese shrines. Love and Black Lives, in Pictures Found on a Brooklyn Street 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z We parked in front of the house, a brick ranch with bars on the front windows, a screened-in patio, and a lawn with six squat palm trees and some spindly shrubs. How Albert Woodfox Survived Solitary 2017-01-08T05:00:00Z In an area of high-rise apartment buildings clustered around a mosque with spindly, futuristic minarets, a pudgy boy of 10 or 11 called over to us. ‘We Are Orphans Here’ 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z He could no longer walk on his spindly legs. In Yemen’s war, trapped families ask: Which child should we save? 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z If you find the iOS system font too spindly for comfortable reading, the Accessibility settings also offer a Bold Text option. Make Your Phone Easier to Read 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z The dominant presence was desert gold, a sunflower that blossoms on a long, spindly stem. Death Valley Is Alive 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z “That is a drawing by Melina,” he exclaims, surveying the flowers with spindly stems on the cover, “my granddaughter.” John Berger: ‘If I’m a storyteller it’s because I listen’ 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z Hop plants died and a coffee plant grew so spindly it was removed. Move Over, Rats. New York Is Planning an Underground Park. 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z While groundskeepers cleared many of those trees to set up the college, this tree was likely saved because it was spindly, Telewski said. Felled MSU tree at least 350 years old 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z All of this is enough to make you wonder whether at some point in the past decade a fortunetelling crone pointed a spindly finger at the Historical Society and uttered some sort of curse. Talk about moldy oldies: The Historical Society is closed because of fungus 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z The spindly mother of a 24-year-old named Charlotte, Schmidt has a gold-plated adventurous streak. An Up-Close Look at Refugee Rescues on the Mediterranean Real horses get summarily executed if they snap one of their unnecessarily spindly legs. Battlefield 1's horses are the best video game horses ever 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z The spindly legs of half-a-dozen dried frogs are tied together in a knot. Sanctions or Solidarity? China's Korean Dilemma 2016-08-05T04:00:00Z Neurons are the spindly, highly interconnected cells that do most of the heavy lifting in real brains. You’ve got a nerve 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Another coming scarefest is being marketed with a poster showing a terrified camper clutching spindly trees, which look like prison bars. How Americans Got Over Their Fear of Camping 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z Its signature exaggerated animation style — spindly legs, oversized torsos — is on display, and occasionally inspired. ‘The Secret Life of Pets’: Animated film’s humor is, like a dog whistle, subjective 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z In April, a group of Finnish farmers outfitted a spindly black drone with a remote-controlled chainsaw and filmed it decapitating snowmen. In China, the 'Apple of drones' is flying away with success 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z A tiny, painted model of the moon rotated on a spindly axis, flashing black and white to mimic the real moon's waxing and waning. The world’s oldest computer is still revealing its secrets 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z The bird posed there beside some spindly trees, as if it had arrived for their amusement. Fraying at the Edges: Her Fight to Live With Alzheimer’s 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Perched on its ledge, with its spindly turrets scraping a gray sky, it presented a haunting image. Searching for Nazi Gold 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z The trees that raced past the window were spindly, not yet the glorious riot of coppers and reds that comes in the fall. Mr Smith goes to Washington: election lessons on the path of the 'Acela primary' 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z On the windowsill of his small office were five spindly cactuses, some looking a bit shriveled but all boasting rather alarming spikes. When you’re hot, you’re hot: Meet the man who invented chili-pepper birdseed 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z American chestnuts can resprout from the root collar; today, pretty much the only examples that still exist in the woods are small, spindly trees that have sprung up in this way. A Radical Attempt to Save the Reefs and Forests 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z At the other end of the garden is a handsome grove of tall, spindly white birches, arranged in a horseshoe around a seating area. Afghan General Plants Flowers in Helmand, but Taliban Lurk 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z A Soviet-era tractor, spindly and goggle-eyed, gleamed within the shadows of a stone barn. Alone in the Alps 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z But the most significant clues were the spindly metal structures spaced along the ridge of the canyon. The Invisible Catastrophe 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The Saturn V was a gorgeous rocket, but the spindly, insectile lunar module was irresistible. See an Eye-Popping Selfie From Mars 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z The spindly legs are also thought to be an adaptation for these high grasses. The Verge Review of Animals: the maned wolf 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Forget all that spindly, wiry furniture and lighting. Hot home ideas and resources for 2016 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z And Los Angeles artist Camilla Taylor applied them to a trio of large otherworldly headless creatures with spindly legs. Buttons as contemporary art, reimagined in NYC exhibition 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Sitting on the steps that lead from the veranda to the street is Duey, a spindly, middle-aged man who can't speak. Helping the village where one in four is disabled - BBC News 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Back then he was a spindly, undisciplined fighter who flailed wildly at opponents. After 115 Years, a Heavyweight Title Fight in Brooklyn 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z There was the inventor Don Featherstone, whose pink plastic flamingo landed and planted its spindly plastic legs on lawns across suburbia, even in the tropics of Maine. In 2015 Obituaries, a Portrait of Eras Grim and Innocent 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z The road is partly frozen at this time of year, rutted with ice as it meanders through a naked forest of spindly white birch, poplar, and maple. This Canada Island Is Losing Ground But Not Losing Hope 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z She created the look of the character, sketching the long spindly limbs and the plaintive expression on an over-large head. Been and Gone: The woman who created ET - BBC News 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z He has spindly legs, a big but comparatively ill-defined torso, and a prominent chin, which is sometimes covered in a beard and almost always wagging. Tyson Fury: The Heavyweight Champion We’ve Been Waiting For 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z As specters go, it’s a spindly thing, nearly indiscernible, nowhere close to the Jacob Marley level of gruesomeness and clanking chains. Socialism is suddenly hot! The unions show signs of life! Is “class consciousness” coming to America at last? 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z Levy straps his trumpet case to his back and climbs the tower’s spindly, rusty ladder. Creating an Opera as Big as Los Angeles 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z A spindly worker with taut arms crouched down to inspect some never-worn tan work boots, still snug in their box. The Lonely Death of George Bell 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Here, the orchards are planted with spindly, vinelike trees—spaced just a few feet apart—that rely on a trellis system for support. Picking Your Own Apples Can Be Expensive–for Orchards 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z A dozen muscular police officers pinned down his spindly frame and hauled him off for two days of detention. Fighting an 'abyss of helplessness' -- life after Hong Kong's 'Umbrella Movement' 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Erected on a spindly wooden framework, the structure is covered in metal foil, colorful tape and globs of glue. Artists have come out to play 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z It’s the national herb, smuggled on to every plate as if it were merely seasoning, rather than a ruthlessly aggressive flavour capable of sabotaging any dish with just a few of its spindly fronds. Dill with it: Russia’s obsession with the spindly herb menace 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z His spindly, handwritten title cards introduced Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove," and his rapid-cut edits helped make its trailer just as hair-raising as the actual film. Video premiere: Health, Pablo Ferro on their striking 'Death Magic' film 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z Filthy hand-me-down clothes hang off their spindly frames. The poisoned poor: In poor countries man-made toxic pollutants spread like cancer. Here’s why you should care 2015-08-09T04:00:00Z The selections included a notable sampling of the bizarre, including a short clip of two dancing clowns with long, spindly arms and another of a mischievous little boy with cartoonishly thick makeup. Silent movie buffs search the screen for clues to origins of 'Mostly Lost' films 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z At Los Alamos, the wartime organization chart displayed the groups — metallurgy, chemistry, ballistics, ordnance and electrical engineering, as well as physics — arranged in a circle, connected by spindly links. History: From blackboards to bombs 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z The tree became a focal point because it was relatively spindly and misshapen. Reading officials, civic groups debating Christmas tree 2015-07-24T04:00:00Z Today the stone tools lie in a wooden box in a room with open windows at a local research station, the Turkana Basin Institute, perched on a hill above a spindly river. A glimpse of Africa’s future 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z The spindly sticks are arranged in vertical rows, and their uneven shapes allow natural light to filter into the library’s reading room, while keeping the building cool in the summer and cozy in the winter. Enticed by a Library, Tourists Browse a Chinese Village 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, in a room filled with N.B.A. lottery picks and all-Americans from major college programs, Payne, a spindly point guard from Murray State, lit up the room with tales from the periphery. N.B.A. Draft: Rising Above Snubs, Cameron Payne Is Now a Possible Top Pick 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z It follows the river past squat mesas and a weathered wall of spindly red pinnacles called the Fisher Towers, then descends into a sandstone gorge that resembles a preliminary, reduced-scale draft of the Grand Canyon. The Disappearing Colorado River 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z My spindly arms are struggling, and I thought I was going to drop it on someone. NetAppVoice: To Build Your Career, You Must Carry The Cross (But Make Sure You Want To) 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z The machine is detailed and precise, like the others, but without appearing precarious or spindly. Inside the surprisingly dark world of Rube Goldberg machines 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z And long after the descendants of his spindly sapling were well on their way to changing economies throughout Central and South America. The secret history of caffeine: Starbucks science and the back story of everyone’s favorite morning habit 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z For K.F.C., she drew a chicken with grand plumage; Mr. Clean became a spindly, curly-haired man holding a spray bottle with a smiley face on it. An Artist with Amnesia 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Some armless, others hobbling on spindly prosthetic legs, Honduran migrants came to Mexico City this week to protest their plight. Honduran migrants, maimed by train, protest their plight 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Specifically, when I chose the Wraith, it reminded me of Giger’s “Alien,” displaying spindly speed, bladed arms and stealthy movements. Zadzooks: Evolve review 2015-02-21T05:00:00Z Bad alien: The spindly machines of “War of Worlds.” Reach out and touch an alien? Movies offer little guidance 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z In the car, Ann and I turned in to the cemetery grounds, an austere expanse of spindly trees, cacti, and headstones. Terrorist or Freedom Fighter? 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z Jupiter lives as a cleaning lady with her humble family in Chicago, a regular existence shattered when spindly aliens show up and try to kill her. Review: ‘Jupiter Ascending’ a soupy cosmic fairy tale 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z The last time the Washington Wizards faced the Oklahoma City Thunder’s spindly scoring conundrum, he returned from missing six consecutive games because of an ankle injury. Randy Wittman: ‘You’re not going to stop’ Kevin Durant 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Trim your tree with an Ebola stuffed toy in the shape of the spindly virus, from the gift shop at the National Institutes of Health. Gifts of cheer — from mugs to microbe toys — from your friends at the FBI, CIA and NIH 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z Each Kilobot was just a few centimetres wide and tall, moved by shuffling about on three spindly legs and communicated with its immediate neighbours using infrared light. 365 days: Nature's 10 With MULTI, architects will be able to build spindly towers on small plots formerly deemed untenable for high-rises. Cable-Free Elevators Will Soar To New Heights, And Move Sideways 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z The long spindly part of the nerve - the axon - gets trapped in the glue if it tries to cross the site of the injury. Drug 'repairs spinal cord injuries' 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z Water bottle in hand and rucksack on back, his grey trousers rolled up to reveal spindly legs, 12-year-old Gatwech boarded the first flight of his life. South Sudan food crisis: children bear brunt of man-made disaster 2014-10-05T04:00:00Z The spindly limbed harvestmen are often called daddy longlegs. Harvestmen trap prey with cornstarchlike glue 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Despite being regarded as foot relief from spindly stiletto heels with vertiginous pitches, platforms are a recession indicator. Recession Fashion 2014-09-08T04:00:00Z If you went to page 300, you saw "two pairs of pair of spindly legs in tattered cloth shuffle past you and the voices soon fade into the distance". Turn to page 86. And your doom! 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z Yet in 2009, no college scouts paid attention to Davis, then a spindly junior at a small charter school in Chicago. For Anthony Davis, World Cup Is a Chance to Emerge 2014-08-23T04:00:00Z Kennedy has a petite frame and spindly legs; her diet is severely limited, so she is significantly underweight. Pennsylvania girl 1 of 8 in world with disorder 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Growing up, begonias - waxy of leaf and spindly of stem, whose washed-out flowers seem to retain only the memory of color – were everywhere. My oasis is a garden in which nothing survives but the flowers I always hated 2014-08-03T04:00:00Z Scientists have worked out the anatomical secret to giraffes' long and spindly - but strong - legs. Giraffe legs' strong, skinny secret 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z It stabbed the air with a spindly leg. Cargo cult : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z Like an antelope, the creature has long, spindly legs relative to its body size, and hunkers down next to bushes to sleep rather than burrowing. Newly Discovered Mouse-like Mammal Is Closely Related to Elephants 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z |
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