Nevertheless, even ES cells, if cultured under less than optimal conditions, frequently acquire subtle changes that limit their ability to chimerize embryos and particularly to chimerize the germ line.

Standish had a mind that seldom wandered from the shop and things shoppy, […]

It was nice to have a rest from the phone ringing when I unplugged it for a while.

Another important form of artistic expression during the ERD period, particularly on the south coast of Peru, was gigantic geoglyphs or man-made desert markings. The idea is ancient. … Large geoglyphs are found as far south as the far north coast of Chile. However, by far the largest and best-known concentration occur on the stony desert plains around the Río Grande de Nazca drainage (in a roughly 200-km² area). They are popularly known as the Nazca Lines.