Word: elementals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There is an element of suburbanite garage sale-flea market economic chic in the new bartering boom. Many traders admit to a strong pride in managing their lives with little money. Says Betty Cordell, 39, owner of a Barter Systems franchise in Atlanta: "I would not pay cash for a haircut, for cosmetics or dry cleaning, dental services, medical services or other costs of everyday living...
Rheumatoid arthritis is one of many autoimmune diseases, in which the body's immune system attacks its own tissues. In rheumatoid arthritis, the body responds as if the joints were a foreign element, using different types of white blood cells to attack and destroy the supposed invader. Though researchers still hope to develop drugs that control the body's immune system, radiotherapy may provide interim relief for some of the nearly 6.5 million Americans suffering from rheumatoid arthritis...
...Threepenny Opera, the most enduring example of Brecht's epic theater, Brecht shows how closely the capitalist business interests relate to the criminal element. The entrepreneur, J.J. Peachum (Ernest Kearns), trafficks in sentiment. He outfits an army of "the poorest of the poor" with begging clothes and districts of operation. Aware of the efforts required to soften a man's heart to the point where he will part with his money, he believes, "no one can make his own misery sound convincing;" he has built an empire on this statement...
...visible orchestra emphasizes the sublime marriage of Brecht's text to Weill's music. The two independent elements complementing each other set forth the positions and ideas presented in each, most notably in the ballads. The ballads, more than the text itself, state the characters' situations objectively. Cutler's staging for these ballads underscores their epic nature; they are the strongest cohesive element of the production. The Second Threepenny Finale: What Keeps Mankind Alive?, which closes the second act, encapsulates the message of the play, "Food is the first thing. Morals follow on." Rarely has the persistence...
...since become an integral part of Op-Ed page vocabulary throughout the nation. Insisting that "nobody wants to fool the Soviets more than I do when it comes to pinpointing our missiles," he proceeds with the definitive explanation of how Amtrak delays and reroutings would provide the perfect element of surprise needed to unhinge Moscow's first-strike planners...