Nearly 500 companies nationwide submitted essays and paid a $200 to $400 fee, in the hope that one of their employees would win a "Stevie" (short for Stefanos, Greek for "crowned") for best executive, best salesperson or best office manager, among other categories.
Ever since Marsh's work of the 1870s, it was clear that the earliest horses (formerly called "Eohippus" or "Hyracotherium," but now referable to Protorohippus and several other genera—Froehlich 2002) were beagle-sized creatures with simple low-crowned teeth, relatively short limbs and toes, and four toes on the hand and three toes on the hind foot.
This is due in large part to their unusual skulls, which feature elongate, horse-like faces ending in a squared snout and a comparably short arcade of tiny, narrow-crowned teeth [34].
yellow-crowned night heronYellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea).
black-crowned night heronBlack-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax).
The lake supports the nesting habitat for four species of endangered birds: little blue heron, yellow-crowned night heron, black-crowned night heron, and yellow-headed blackbird.
Shorter-distance (~100 km) directional responses in white-crowned sparrows suggest that experienced birds choose to travel directly toward their winter grounds after a long-distance displacement during the autumn migration8.
The Manus population has previously been referred to as N. vizcaccia but the Mussau population has shorter ears and shorter-faced skulls with higher crowned teeth than those on Manus, making the researchers think it is distinct from vizcaccia.
The tightly constructed screenplay and subtle use of voice over dialogue from Senna's sister, doctor and team members present Senna as a full character, who matures in a short time from a determined newcomer to a crowned world champ, and ultimately to a skeptical, but resolute young veteran.
Female Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) is smaller, with a shorter bill, and its underparts are flecked with green.
Crowned lemurs often forage in scrubby bushes and short trees, and routinely come to the ground.
