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Politically, the decision to cancel the August recess will keep vulnerable Democrats on the Senate floor and off the trail at a time usually dedicated to campaigning back home.



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Mitch McConnell Cancels Senate's August Recess
The majority leader blamed Democrats for slow-walking President Trump's nominees. He also said the Senate will use the extra time to pass annual spending bills.






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See How Termites Inspired a Building That Can Cool Itself
How do you cool a building without air conditioning? Using an approach called biomimicry, see how architect Mick Pearce harnessed the ingenuity of termites to design a natural cooling system for the largest commercial building in Zimbabwe.

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slow-walk. Verb. (third-person singular simple present slow-walks, present participle slow-walking, simple past and past participle slow-walked) (idiomatic) To delay a request or command, to drag one's feet, to stall, to obstruct, to drag out a process.

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photo spread 合面

: photographs printed together usually on a number of pages 

• The magazine published aphoto spread of scenes from the play.

 termite

白蟻亦稱螱，約3000多種等翅下目昆蟲的總稱，坊間俗稱大水蟻（因為通常在下雨前出現，因此得名），可在熱帶及亞熱帶地區常找到牠們的蹤跡，早於人類生存了2億5000萬年之久[2]。白蟻是節肢動物門昆蟲綱之下的成員，原屬等翅目，現時已降格成為蜚蠊目之下的等翅下目，為不完全變態的漸變態類並是社會性昆蟲，每個白蟻巢內的白蟻個體可達百萬隻以上。

在德語中，白蟻又稱「Unglückshafte」，意為「帶有厄運的動物」或「帶來不幸的動物」。顯示更多心情

mimicry

/ˈmɪmɪkri/

noun

1. the action or skill of imitating someone or something, especially in order to entertain or ridicule.

   "the word was spoken with gently teasing mimicry"

   Similar:

   imitation

   imitating

   impersonation

   take-off

   impression

   copying

   aping

   caricature

   mockery

   parody

   satire

   lampoon

   burlesque

   send-up

   spoof

   apery

   pasquinade

   • BIOLOGY

     the close external resemblance of an animal or plant (or part of one) to another animal, plant, or inanimate object.