Word: fluid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...twenty-first. But I was wrong in believing that the day of my birthday wasn't the important part. I had falsely prophesied the source of a birthday's specialness. That specialness is born of the specificity of time, from an understanding that time is not like water, fluid throughout and a means of carrying me with its current from here to there. Time can be a destination-or set of destinations-and it can carry different weights at each of them...
...first, however, the signs seemed to point elsewhere. Opening with Sonata No. 3 in E Major by J.S. Bach, Shaham was quick to highlight his remarkably fluid sense of a musical line and his impressive control of dynamics and tempo. However, the work was fairly unimpressive as an opening to a virtuoso's concert, and Shaham often failed to infuse the more lyrical sections with enough musical vitality and frequently attacked the quieter parts too aggressively. On a positive note, the choice of an early work did reflect the rest of the programs excellent selection of music from all genres...
After seven years of working seven days a week in his kosher Persian bakery, Tahmili has acquired a fluid, methodical...
...Identity is always fluid, always changing with respect to other identities," Gates said. He spoke of his own search for identity as a student at Yale. "In Piedmont, [Gates' hometown] I learned to be a Negro. At Yale, I was determined to learn to be black...
...joint, to which the immune system mounts an ordinary response. Then, for some unknown reason, the white blood cells that are fighting invading microbes attack the joint itself--specifically the synovial sac, which acts as both a cushion that keeps bones from banging together and a source of lubricating fluid. Even as the white cells attack, they send out signals, in the form of hormones called cytokines, that rally more troops to their aid. Meanwhile, the besieged synovial cells secrete prostaglandins, which cause inflammation. All this makes the joint redden and become sore...