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Additionally, when a 90-minute movie portrays a decade of life, some details are lost in translation, Gorski points out. The limited timeframe led to the compression of some details.

Author: By Michelle B. Timmerman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Targeting the Cure: A Feature Film | 3/4/2010 | See Source »

But the structural level is just where his language begins to break down. The thrill of the Nabokovian sentence lies in its intense compression, that hyper-compacted poetry of the apposite adjective or unexpected metaphor that separates it from the more loosely polemical Russian literary tradition. It’s...

Author: By Jessica A. Sequeira, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Nabokov's 'Original of Laura' Remains Unpolished | 2/2/2010 | See Source »

Overall, the analysis suggests that mammography reduces the risk of dying from breast cancer 15% among women 39 to 49 years old. But the task force determined that while mammograms certainly reduced risk of death, that reduction was small in this age group in light of the risks associated with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: U.S. Panel Recommends Delaying Regular Mammograms Until Age 50 | 11/17/2009 | See Source »

Experts also foresee significant potential health-care savings, based on the alleviation of symptoms among the study's weight-training patients. Treatment of an exacerbated case of lymphedema requires specialized attention from physical therapists - including massage and compression bandaging - expenses that many but not all insurance companies cover. For a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Benefits Seen in Postcancer Weight-Lifting | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

This fall the company will expand its lineup to include precision underpants. Yes, go ahead and reread that. Chung said the underpants will feature similar compression technology, which sounds kind of painful. But fear not, she assured me. They are designed to keep men comfortable and keep their precision parts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spanx for Men | 7/13/2009 | See Source »

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