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...comprehend what it is like to be that woman. Do you appreciate the words and caresses of your distraught family while racked with frustration at your inability to reassure them that they are getting through? Or do you drift in a haze, springing to life with a concrete thought when a voice prods you, only to slip back into blankness? If we could experience this existence, would we prefer it to death? And if these questions have answers, would they change our policies toward unresponsive patients--making the Terri Schiavo case look like child's play...
...topic of consciousness is much like sex in the Victorian age. Scientifically, sex is just another part of biology, but in many societies, studying it violates a stern taboo. Once we begin to observe sexuality--or consciousness--a lot of the clouds of mystery seem to drift away...
Reluctant to anchor themselves to the ownership of apartments or cars, the brothers prefer to drift between their parents' and friends' homes in Yekaterinburg and various countries and continents. Still, they won't leave Yekaterinburg for good, because its subway, street-car stops and sidewalks are key sources of characters and language. "Our works are written essentially in the language of the people we live among," says Oleg. But with the brothers' world travels, they've discovered that their art taps into the universal well of emotions that transcends dialect and local geography. "The best thing," says Oleg, "is when...
...Basketball Routine.” The dance team performed with energy and precision to upbeat music and flashy background lights. Overall, the result was a cohesive rendition of popular dance and popular music. The second half opened with the premiere of “Drift,” a work put on by the Harvard Radcliffe Dance Company and choreographed by Brenda Divelbliss of the Dance Program in collaboration with the dancers. The piece lived up to its name; throughout the performance, dancers drifted on and off stage in a seemingly random fashion. Although drifting seems to imply freedom...
...likelier, but it couldn't have hurt either. Sixty-five years ago, we declared war against Japan and Germany, and we fought that one tenaciously and decisively and won it conclusively. We did not send the same message before hostilities began with either Iraq or Afghanistan, and there we drift and dither still. Now, we await commissions and coalitions to help extricate us from the shambles Iraq has become and achieve the stable state that Afghanistan could still be. Knowing what we were getting into in the beginning - and saying so out loud - might have helped spare...