Word: ethereality
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...Take Mr. Clean's Ultra All Purpose Cleaner, with ingredients like "surfactant (unspecified)." With another Mr. Clean ingredient, the MSDS informed me that there is "no information about the [product's] potential for carcinogenicity." I was able to follow the trail of one chemical, diethylene glycol monobutyl ether, which evidently appears in everything from brake fluid to hair dye. Although the MSDS measures workplace exposure, which can be far greater than the amount one would encounter at home, the Hazardous Substances Data Bank toxnet.nlm.nih.gov warned that "results of limited repeated dose oral work reported suggests that material may be rather...
Hypnosis was first used as a surgical anesthetic in India in 1845 but was quickly abandoned with the introduction of ether the following year. The practice languished for decades, becoming, at least in the public eye, little more than a parlor trick. In 1958 it was sanctioned by the American Medical Association for use in medicine and dentistry. Since then, doctors have hypnotized patients to help ease such ills as migraines, depression, anxiety and chronic cancer pain...
...there may well be something rotten in the state of things at Harvard—high-profile resignations and a stalled curricular review spring to mind—it’s important not to overlook the (small) victories for student life that too easily get lost in the ether. The College’s plans to renovate Hilles and reallocate student space in the Yard are promising, indeed...
This Brooklyn band released its debut without money--or tinkering--from a record label, and you can hear the absence of both. From Alec Ounsworth's thin, David Byrne-like vocals to the miles of ether between the pop hooks, the album is not exactly market friendly, but abstraction has its rewards. They include the floating ecstasy of the break-up song Over and Over Again (Lost and Found) ("Now where's the woolen sweater/ You mentioned in the letter?/ Imply/ The other guy") and the partial fingerprints of Joy Division and R.E.M. on Upon This Tidal Wave of Young...
...many people come over to me on the street and repeat almost verbatim the line the Martians say to Woody Allen in Stardust Memories: 'You know, we like your earlier, funnier films.'" It's no surprise that Spielberg quoted Allen; the two great filmmakers breathe the same ether. My living room is graced with two film posters, one for Spielberg's Schindler's List, the other for Allen's Shadows and Fog. I look at them to remind myself of the hope and magic that great directors can bring to an audience. Regina Morin San Diego Showing Gays the Door...