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...confident that animal colonies are in pretty good shape," he says. "They can drift for awhile without power because the building's well-insulated, and we can augment natural airflow with open windows, or heat with steam...

Author: By James Y. Stern, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: deadline to debug | 6/10/1999 | See Source »

...main thing that I felt was that [theveterans] were really motivated," says Raphaelson."They didn't kind of drift into college as mostpeople do-they really wanted to go to college...

Author: By Robert K. Silverman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Vets Flooded Campus Under GI Bill | 6/7/1999 | See Source »

Take, for instance, the cadenza in the first movement of Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1. Other pianists too often drift from the Classical period provenance of the concerto, when cadenzas were improvised, and play the cadenza with a near seamless bravura that is more suited to the concertos of the Romantic composers, thereby losing its sense of extemporaneous drama--and obscuring many of Beethoven's boldest, and funniest, inspirations. Not Brendel, whose subtle emphases, infinitesimal pauses and canny modulations of tempo, color and dynamics create an air of spontaneous adventure. He reclaims the cadenza's magnificent audacity and evokes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Back with Beethoven | 5/24/1999 | See Source »

...right now is cast out the old drift nets and see what talent is out there," Pawloski said. "The talk is divided between myself and [Bavis] and everything is fine...

Author: By Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hockey Coach Search Has Not Started, But The Rumors Fly | 5/19/1999 | See Source »

...allows that U.N. mediators "might play a useful role if they continue to adhere to NATO's principles," Clinton expresses more enthusiasm for allowing the Russians to be the lead negotiators with Belgrade. "This situation has led to the rise of nationalism in Russia and caused them to drift away from the West. The best outcome would be if Moscow helps get a good settlement that brings the Russians back into the international mainstream and closer to us. The U.N. should not undermine Russia's role...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Madeleine's War | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

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