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...implanted a mid-Atlantic accent that the actress would use from then on. What didn't change was the flatness. She had a deep alto voice, with a cello's rich knowing, melancholy, but it was a monotone; it didn't climb or fall with the musicality most actors adopt. Her tonal range was one of the narrowest in talking pictures, and that limited her emotional range. She rarely giggled or shrieked; her voice suggested that she was either disdainful or incapable of severe highs and lows. She wasn't one to spit out rapid-fire dialogue, a vocal reticence...
While Reduced Ignition Propensity (RIP) cigarettes could help reduce the number of fire-related deaths, the study’s principal author, Gregory N. Connolly, said he believes that the tobacco industry is reluctant to adopt the product nationally...
...security environment is such that even some government officials are not exactly optimistic about the turnout. Electricity Minister Ayham al-Samarrai, for example, predicts that the national turnout would be around 25 percent of eligible voters. The insurgent threat has also compelled the authorities to adopt strict security measures, such as banning all non-official vehicles from the roads on election day, that may depress turnout...
...Sciences (FAS) should do is adjust its finals schedule to bring it up to date with the sleep and work habits of its students. And University Hall can do this in a way that doesn’t discriminate against either morning people or late-night people. It should adopt the Wellesley system of final examination in which students have a week-long period during which they can elect to take any final exam for any class within certain hours of the day. Wellesley students simply have to check in with a proctor at the library, pick up an exam...
...while using the technology is simple, Ringer says that convincing Vietnamese doctors to adopt CPAP required Project Vietnam to overcome some obstacles...