The results of a comprehensive set of field observations, surveys and controlled laboratory experiments demonstrated that the waterfront suction, which remained thus far unexplored in soil mechanics, and the associated geoenvironments govern the performances of the basic living activities of various representative creatures involving crabs, bivalves and birds.
And in the tossup race for an open Senate seat in Hawaii, former Gov. Linda Lingle, a Republican, is likely to brand her once-favored challenger, Representative Mazie Hirono, a creature of the hated House.
Prints like "The Creation of Man" and "Ezekiel's Vision" feature winged angels and creatures — representatives of exactly that kind of "mystical" vision for which the artist drew criticism.
A quarter century of scientific whaling has shed little light on the creatures, said IFAW Japan Representative Naoko Funahashi at a press conference here to unveil the report.
Each of these frightening creatures is a specific representative of Haitian Vodou culture.
The paint splattering is also representative of this uniqueness in the creatures.
"He is, more than any other contemporary political figure, a creature of these times," said Representative Earl Blumenauer, a fellow Democrat who campaigned this spring with Mr. Obama in Oregon, Mr. Blumenauer's home state.
"Images of Curious George and Koko may lead us to believe that these creatures are cuddly and harmless," said Representative Nick J. Rahall II, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, referring to the famous children's book chimpanzee and a gorilla who learned sign language.
"We have yet to see a living adult representative of our friend the giant squid," he said of the shy creature whose very long tentacles are thought to writhe like a nest of snakes.
Assuming that 24/7, quasi-educational television for small children was a plan to create a nation of super creatures who could best their Beijing peers, I asked a Sprout representative whom the intended 2 a.m. viewer might be.
