cells, reproduce quickly. Other cells, like nerve cells, grow slowly. Both normal cells and cancer cells go through a sequence of steps, or phases, when they form new cells. This is called the cell cycle.
On a cold, foggy morning, an army wakes on the banks of a river. A tall soldier named Jim Conklin begins his day by washing his shirt, and rushes back to camp to report a rumor he has overheard: the regiment will move into battle the next day.
We're storytellers. â Showtime's Penny Dreadful. A tall tale is a story with unbelievable or outright impossible elements (such as an impossibly tall man, hence the name tall tale), told as if it were true and factual. Tall tales arose, more or less, from braggy exaggerations and other cock-and-bull stories.