◎◎◎ perigee ⪢⪢
Now about half a
month later, the moon has orbited halfway around its path and it gets to its closest point to the earth. We refer to this as perigee.
→ apogee, perihelion #bookmark
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=9985
○○○ envoy ⪢⪢
In New York, a special envoy tells the United Nations that 900,000 civilians have fled fighting in northwest Syria in less than three
months.
2020-02-19
→ flee
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=15390
○○○ Wuhan ⪢⪢
According to the Wall Street Journal, an intelligence report said that three employees at this Wuhan lab for studying viruses were hospitalized in November 2019, a
month earlier than the first reported cases of COVID-19.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=15451
○○○ Yunnan ⪢⪢
The herd of 14 has been roaming around China's Yunnan province. They are a different group from that famous herd of elephants who've been traveling across China for the past several
months.
2021-07-17
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=16160
○○○ piggyback ⪢⪢
Flooded for
months at a time, the wetlands are home to swarms of young creatures like the ugly ducklings, piggyback chicks and builders busy grooming themselves.
#bookmark
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=19465
○○○ revive ⪢⪢
In Vienna, talks between Iran and international negotiators restart in an effort to revive a 2015 agreement to limit Iran's nuclear program. The U.S. eased sanctions on Iran earlier this
month.
2022-02-28
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=20219
• 1202 Leonardo Fibonacci
Fibonacci asked himself how many pairs of rabbits originated from a single pair in one year. Each pair of rabbits will produce exactly one more pair of both sexes per
month which in turn would be fertile from the second
month after birth.
http://qindex.info/i.php?x=4759