Word: awed
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...kind of prequel: an anatomy of human life, vividly illustrated by case histories from his wide operating-room experience. The result is a book--part basic textbook, part memoir and meditation--that is wholly secular yet sublimely uplifting. Although not religious in a formal sense, Nuland is overwhelmed with awe at how the human body works. As he writes, "We are, of necessity, miracles with flaws...
...understated glory here that make you forgive the occasional missteps. The title track is the headiest moment; when Hooker sings, "I'm gonna live for the future/ not the past," using that rumbling, Richter-scale voice to toss off decades of heartbreak, the listener is touched with a redemptive awe. Hooker is 79 years old now, and has all but stopped touring. "I'll go out once in a while," he says. "I've paid my dues." Paid in full. Just one spin of Don't Look Back should convince anyone of that...
...presents an anatomy of human life, vividly illustrated by case histories from his wide operating-room experience. The result is a book -- part basic textbook, part memoir and meditation -- that is wholly secular yet sublimely uplifting. Although not a religious man in any formal sense, Nuland is overwhelmed with awe at how the human body works. As he writes, ?We are, of necessity, miracles with flaws.? The basic miracle, as Nuland describes it, is that the body?s different systems -- cardiovascular, reproductive and so on -- work together in a seemingly chaotic but balanced harmony. The flaws of the human miracle...
...think when he says 'awful' he means 'full of awe,'" said Susan Wexler, who said she is a regular attendant of services at Memorial Church...
...dumps. Or trying to survive in one. Soon enough the prisoners form a symphonic chorus, which sings wordless versions of great orchestral works. Even the more selfish and cynical prisoners--among them recent Academy Award winner Frances McDormand, rather miscast as a Viennese Jewish doctor--register awe and wonder at this feat...