• The human foot was sent to the Conservative Party of Canada headquarters in Ottawa, prompting a hazardous materials team to investigate.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • The basic unit of shoemaking is the last a sort of mannequin, in the shape of a human foot, upon which the shoe is constructed.

    NEWYORKER: Sole Mate

  • "The bone that was recovered from the Hadar site has all the hallmarks of the form and function of the modern human foot, " he told the BBC.

    BBC: Fossil find puts 'Lucy' story on firm footing

  • The waves conceal whales, dolphins and sea turtles, and the western beaches are covered with armies of blue-backed soldier crabs that rear up on their hind legs and flee in panic at the approach of a human foot.

    BBC: The perfect trip: Queensland

  • Now, it doesn't stick as good as a climbing foot or a shoe, a human foot would, but I think, you know, in that respect, my calves don't get tired on that side and I - my wife says it's completely aid climbing, which she says it's cheating.

    NPR: Craig DeMartino: Winner in the Extremity Games

  • 'Caribbeanness' began to form when the first human groups set foot on the islands.

    UNESCO: Dialogue

  • Not all of them will be as unthreatening to human health as foot-and-mouth.

    BBC: The pointless slaughter?

  • "Rather than focus on some grandiose symbolism, start on the ground--where the 6-foot human interacts with the space around him, " suggests John (Jack) Portman III, chief executive of John Portman Associates, an Atlanta architecture and development firm.

    FORBES: They Will Rise Again

  • In the past 30 years, no human being has set foot on another world or ventured farther up into space than 386 miles, roughly the distance from Washington, D.

    CNN: Bush: 'It is time for America to take the next steps' in space

  • Toumai (Sahelanthropus tchadensis) was thought to be right at the foot of the human family tree.

    BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Evolution's human and chimp twist

  • The rules tell these foot soldiers what to do if the human-controlled character or forces are nearby.

    BBC: Creature from Black and White Electronic Arts

  • Here at the foot of the Acropolis you are reminded that human beings do remarkably similar things from one historical epoch to the next.

    BBC: How the fate of Europe could be decided 'within hours'

  • The result has been a series of high-profile cases against human-rights abusers who have been rash enough to set foot in America.

    ECONOMIST: The law

  • Mr. HOFFMAN: I think, indisputably, suicide terrorism worldwide is amongst the most effective terrorist tactics, primarily because it's not only that--very effective in getting as close to the intended target as possible, you have what is, in essence, the ultimate human smart bomb or human cruise missile, perhaps driving a vehicle or even walking on foot.

    NPR: Behind the Workings of Suicide Bombers

  • Pigs or indeed potatoes can produce human proteins for medical use (though none has yet received authorisation), foot-and-mouth vaccine can come from alfalfa, genes from enzyme-making bacteria can do the same job in tobacco, and useful new enzymes can be found and put into old bacteria.

    ECONOMIST: Non-food GM

  • But we have failed adequately to protect the two- or three-foot channel between the browser's display and the brain of the human who uses it.

    ECONOMIST: It's best for governments not to know too much

  • Those were the first words that any human being ever spoke on another world, when Neil Armstrong was the first to set foot on the Moon in 1969.

    FORBES: Neil Armstrong, First Man To Walk On Moon, Dead At 82

  • But what it gave us, with its short, 200-foot block lengths and small, 20- to 25-foot lot sizes, its direct and easy navigability, is a walkable, personal city at human scale, where every street is an endlessly varied and inviting series of visual experiences, of constantly changing shopfronts, restaurants and buildings of infinite styles and uses.

    WSJ: The Greatest Grid | Museum of the City of New York | Crosshatching a Miracle | By Ada Louise Huxtable

  • Whether that position is under the desk, or just with a foot inserted firmly in you soon-to-be-apologizing mouth, a 2010 poll by human resource firm Adecco shows that 40% of us have seen or suffered a major indiscretion at a work-sponsored holiday event.

    FORBES: True Stories From The Holiday Party Files

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