The penumbra is the pale outer portion of the Earth's shadow. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking News: CBS News] Reference
It does enter a region of space called the penumbra, in which the Earth partially blocks the Sun. From Wordnik.com. [Museum Blogs] Reference
The next circle is less dark, and called the penumbra, because it so closely resembles the penumbra. From Wordnik.com. [Remarks] Reference
And a penumbra is a different kettle of fish entirely–the metaphor was used by Justice Douglas in Griswold v. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The First Amendment and Advertisements of Legal Prostitution] Reference
In this area called the penumbra, cells get a little more oxygen so there is the potential for recovery if the waves can be silenced, he says. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Given that cells get a little more oxygen in the area called the penumbra, he thinks that there is the potential for recovery if the waves can be silenced. From Wordnik.com. [dailyindia.com News Feed] Reference
The moon passing through the outer region of the Earth's shadow, known as the penumbra, will be visible from Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia's west coast at. From Wordnik.com. [Stars and Stripes] Reference
This judge doesn't rely on the usual "penumbra" or on "associative relationships between ... .". From Wordnik.com. [From On High] Reference
None are shrieking liberals like Marshall or Brennan, and none would pen "penumbra" style opinions. From Wordnik.com. [How Dahlia Lithwick would like you to think about Supreme Court appointments: liberal = moderate, conservative = extreme.] Reference
But I'd betcha they'd find a "penumbra" in a heartbeat if the gummint banned all bullets but left their "arms" alone. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
"The Supreme Court first recognized an independent right of privacy within the 'penumbra' (fringe area) of the Bill of Rights". From Wordnik.com. [troll's is now h-e-double hockey sticks] Reference
For five long months our world is plunged in a kind of penumbra; all nature is saddened in the general woe. From Wordnik.com. [Astronomy for Amateurs] Reference
The Supreme Court once said that each person has a "penumbra" right to privacy which kept government from outlawing abortion. From Wordnik.com. [American Thinker] Reference
"All political parties have a penumbra and if they lose that they lose their justification," he said adding that in the case of the BJP that "penumbra" is Jinnah. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
"penumbra" in the Constitution is not about to acquire a moral -- much less a constitutional. From Wordnik.com. [The Patriot Post] Reference
And mascot madness, as the NCAA enters a P.C. penumbra. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2005] Reference
Hoped I looked like a vague indistinct shadow in the penumbra. From Wordnik.com. [Persuader]
DOBBS: You know, we laugh when we cross the penumbra of the absurd. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 5, 2007] Reference
As he sat, enveloped in a penumbra of gloom, the campus entrance door of. From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
Tanta incerteza penumbra pensamientos que husmean en rincones del cuerpo. From Wordnik.com. [veruscio Diary Entry] Reference
Britain and Europe is slowly and surely creeping into the Islamic penumbra. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
But it was all growing dimmer and dimmer as the penumbra faded toward the perfect light. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner] Reference
The stain that was spreading from it resembled the rapidly expanding penumbra of a sunspot. From Wordnik.com. [Dirge]
The penumbra will last quite a long time yet, but it will gradually get fainter and fainter. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner] Reference
Is there a penumbra of privacy around the lives we live publically, but somewhat facelessly?. From Wordnik.com. [Privacy and the "Ripples" We Leave] Reference
Sun. One penumbra will sometimes enclose several umbræ whilst the nuclei may be entirely wanting. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
It formed, as it were, a penumbra of fine shrilling, and could be heard for many streets in advance. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Painter] Reference
DOBBS: The expression being that we've crossed the penumbra into the absurd in this country perhaps. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 7, 2004] Reference
Well, Albert went ahead, doing his Latin, and groping farther into the dusky penumbra of mathematics. From Wordnik.com. [On the Stairs] Reference
The answer is not yet made, the oracle has not spoken, and we must not invade the penumbra of genius. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
"We are emerging from the black core of the shadow into the semi-illuminated penumbra," said the doctor. From Wordnik.com. [Pharaoh's Broker Being the Very Remarkable Experiences in Another World of Isidor Werner] Reference
"It's his last chance this season," reflected T. Haviland Hicks, Jr., enshrouded in a penumbra of gloom. From Wordnik.com. [T. Haviland Hicks Senior] Reference
What is the meaning of these words: atavism; penumbra; semaphore; astigmatic; insouciance; mise-en-scene; kinetic?. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
"Getting a little radiation spillover from the space horse's side," Marlowe reported as they left the moon's penumbra. From Wordnik.com. [Warhorse]
And I came to see that family history, which had always been a penumbra belonging to the dead, was shaping my own storytelling. From Wordnik.com. [Mayhill Fowler: Bill Clinton's Mistress: The Story That Never Was] Reference
This may be Ha Jin's best work yet, his stories often ascending to the mystical penumbra we expect of Singer, Malamud, or O'Connor. From Wordnik.com. [Anis Shivani: The 10 Best Books of 2009] Reference
The darkest portion of the penumbra is its external edge, which stands out conspicuously against the adjoining bright surface of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'] Reference
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