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Once activated, the T cell transforms itself into a sort of commander-in-chief of immunity, activating the B cell-which secretes antibodies-and prompting the release of a farrago of molecular signals that lead to inflammation...
...piece of goods. Philip Hensher's sneering libretto tells the scabrous story of the decline and fall of Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (the "Mrs. Sweeny" of Cole Porter's You're the Top), who liked to do the Full Monica on her male servants. Ades' score is a glib farrago of sour, splintered vocal writing, postmodern pastiche and cartoony sound effects. Is this the music of the future? No, just further proof that the now exhausted classical-music avant-garde is repeating itself--this time as camp...
...Unabomber's manuscript, to judge from the Times and Post stories, is a farrago of Luddite venom embracing politics, history, science and sociology. It blames many of the world's present-day problems on the industrial revolution and forecasts an Orwellian future, in which helpless humans are controlled by computers. Unabomber thus advocates a violent rebellion against technological society as the only way to restore what he calls "wild nature...
Wynn inaugurated the era of big-spender shows in 1990 with the Mirage's $28 million Siegfried & Roy, an astounding farrago of illusion and sorcery, acrobats and armies of the knights, vanishing tigers and elephants--and leather, leather everywhere. The evening now goes for $78.35 a ticket. With the possible exception of an all-night masseuse, this is the priciest entertainment on Broadway or the Strip. But Siegfried & Roy remains a huge...
Altman's fashion farrago: Ready to Wear, unfit to be seen...