Word: bouting
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...however, convinced me that this cynical take required revision. In the midst of an involved foray into the thickets of semiotic schemata, the professor paused to question the class: Did we know that the French founder of structural anthropology was—remarkably—still alive? A rapid bout of mental math assuring us that this was in fact possible, the statement made quite an impact. In a sea of Saussures and Sartres, the mausoleum of dead white men that European intellectual history inevitably erects, the bespectacled ethnographer’s continued existence traced out an impressively unbroken line...
...mean to sound like a pessimistic Peter—there were some great things about my quarantine. For one I got to meet Brett, a tall, mask-wearing junior from Lowell. Brett and I didn’t get to talk much, on account of his prolonged bout of dry-heaving, but we agreed to stay friends even after the misfortune that had brought us together was over. The other great thing was the food. Some people have said that the diet of soup and popsicles was unsatisfying, but these people are crazy. What’s better than soup...
...That's good news for pet lovers and flu worriers. And so is the fact that the cat seems to be recovering well from its bout with H1N1. "Both the owners and the cat are recovering," says Garvey. As for anyone else who is worried about spreading H1N1 flu to their pets, vets recommend following the same guidelines that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest for protecting family members - wash your hands frequently, cover your coughs and try to avoid close contact with your furry friends until you're well...
Gomes, 67, suffered from a sudden bout of dizziness and light-headedness while speaking at St. Lawrence University and subsequently lost his balance on stage, according to Rev. Jonathan C. Page ’02, Epps Fellow at Memorial Church. Gomes was immediately taken to a hospital near the university that night...
...Sakamaki, a Japanese photojournalist, traveled around Xinjiang in mid-August, not long after the worst bout of interethnic violence in years had rocked the regional capital of Urumqi. Sakamaki, a veteran of conflict zones from Liberia to Sri Lanka, was struck by the air of tension. In Xinjiang, he says, there is an almost irreconcilable divide between the Uighurs and the Han. "They don't live with each other, they don't communicate to each other and they don't understand each other...