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Though complete scores had been written for silent films (as when an orchestra traveled with "Birth of a Nation"), they were usually a pastiche: the "Ride of the Valkryies" for the cavalry charge, "Swan Lake" for the kiss. The early sound era was no different; if anything, early talkie scores were less sophisticated than the full orchestral scores that accompanied some A-level silents...
...songs had meandered, the new tracks are fierce and focused, powered by Matthews' electrified lead guitar lines. "Usually we play a song for two years on the road and then record it," says Matthews. "It's nice to have an album of songs recorded at the time of their birth...
...fourth most abundant metal in the earth's crust, titanium surely deserves the attention it is enjoying. The birth of titanium cool probably started in 1997, when architect Frank Gehry used it in abundance for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Until then, the metal had been largely under cover. During the cold war, it was used primarily to build aircraft. When this need abated, the titanium industry promoted its other uses. Up to four times as strong as steel and half the weight, titanium is ideal for tennis rackets and skis. More cost-efficient ways to cut the metal...
...Clinical Nutrition, infants who have been on the breast even have better eyesight than those who have not. Researchers found too that the fatty acid in breast milk that contributes to this is present in such oily fish as sardines. And pregnant women who ate oily fish gave birth to kids with better eyesight than those who didn...
...birth of the nation is not an altogether blessed event in this canonically loose novel about the Revolutionary War. Patriotism masks hypocrisy and greed. The Founding Fathers cloak private agendas and petty motives in lofty ideals. After decades of antihero worship and historical revision, are there still readers who can be jolted or amused by caricatures of national legends behaving like lesser mortals? Yet the author seems to have had a chortling good time burlesquing the past in a style that swings between Henry Fielding and Mel Brooks...