It is preceded by a period called G1 (meaning "first gap") and followed by a period called G2, during which nuclear DNA synthesis does not occur.
"Marching Song" never did get produced, nor did another play of this period called "Bright Lucifer".
Many farmers save the best pasture for the lambs' last few weeks of grazing, a period called finishing.
Fox, like all the other networks, is beginning a special ratings period called a sweep month on Thursday night.
Woolly mammoths roamed the Earth tens of thousands of years ago in a period called the late Pleistocene.
During this period, called the lag phase, the cells are metabolically active and increase only in cell size.
They focused on a period called the Pliocene, some five to three million years ago, when temperatures were similar to those expected in the coming centuries.
They also say Christ and the archangels will return to Earth to rule for a thousand-year period called the millennium.
"New development went through this period called 'pretend and extend,' or 'pray and delay,' or 'a rolling loan gathers no loss,' " Mr. Miller said.
But the rough justice he administered to Nazi collaborators during this period, called the "Epuration," or purification, led to his dismissal in five months.
During this period, called the Wisconsin by American scientists, ice sheets covered nearly a third of the world's landmass, reaching as far south as New York City.
