Word: addicting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...definitely. Yeah. I'll be in the trailer, and they'll wake me up and say, "Read these words." I'm also a heroin addict. Just 'cause it's cool...
...unique feature of Galway's concerts is the introduction he makes before each piece he performs. These are usually humorous bits giving a brief history of the work. Examples include the tale of the Emperor and flute addict Frederick the Great and his teacher Quantz, which introduced the Bach Sonata in E major for Flute and Basso Continuo, (BWV 1035) and the dangerous nature of dancing in the baroque period, which introduced Couperin's La Pie'montoise. According to Galway, one wrong movement of the finger could cause a person to literally lose his or her head. These comic lectures...
...just moved to the area, is in the process of separating from his wife and dealing with its repercussions on himself and his two young sons. Smith is having problems with his girlfriend, is not on good terms with his parents and most shockingly, is a recovering cocaine addict. The two help each other through small trials, but when it comes to a major one, Verghese suddenly finds himself unable to help. Though the story's conclusion is obvious from the title "A Doctor's Story of Friendship and Loss," and the dedication "In memory of David Smith, M.D.," what...
From six strings to 12 steps. That's where guitarist ERIC CLAPTON will take his career this month when he opens the Crossroads Centre for drug and alcohol treatment on Antigua. Clapton is a recovering addict who has been sober for a decade. Now the man with the famously slow hand is extending it to others by using a significant chunk of his own money to found the 28-day treatment center on the idyllic island where he's had a second home for 15 years. One-third of the center's 36 beds will be reserved for low-income...
Christopher is six weeks old, and had been doing fine. His mother was a coke addict; he was born at 24 weeks, weighing about 1 1/2 lbs., but once he was stabilized, he came off the ventilator and started feeding. "When I started back in 1972, a 2-lb. baby had a 95% chance of dying," says Dr. Ronald Goldberg, chief of the neonatal-intensive-care unit. "If he lived, the damage was pretty severe. Now a 2-lb. baby has a 95% chance of surviving, and the outcomes we're seeing are very good...