Word: fluid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Frazier refuses to define herself as a lesbian. This is one of the most refreshing things about Rita Mae Brown: she does not construct a rigid gay identity for her characters. The dividing line between gay and straight remains very fluid. For example, the goddess Venus--who materializes near the novel's end--believes that the division of people into the two categories is "a silly concept, but then you know people think in polarities these days. That's very destructive." Similarly, during her reading, Brown remarked: "I am never immune to the charms of the opposite sex...I just...
...addition to which its subject is no bearded duffer moping around a laboratory or gallant, tear-streaked lady belatedly triumphing over a dismal affliction, but a movie star (of sorts) who specialized in doing a highly cinematic thing -- namely a form of kung fu, all lightning reactions and fluid, swirling choreography. Moreover, the movie retains that air of breathless awe and dauntless approval that has always made movie biographies . such a pleasant relief from the gloomy ambiguities of written ones...
...electronic mail memo dated April 1--nine days after OSHA informed UHS of the allegations--indicates that fundamental changes were recently made in the packaging of specimens. In the memo, Laboratory Manager Barbara Skane said UHS would transport specimens in clear biohazard bags and fluid-resistant containers instead of the paper bags used previously...
...former employee said specimens were transported to the laboratory from health services offices at the Medical, Law and Business Schools twice daily in brown paper bags that leaked. But federal guidelines require such fluids to be transported in covered, fluid-proof coolers...
That epoch has passed. America has entered the age of the contingent or temporary worker, of the consultant and subcontractor, of the just-in-time work force -- fluid, flexible, disposable. This is the future. Its message is this: You are on your own. For good (sometimes) and ill (often), the workers of the future will constantly have to sell their skills, invent new relationships with employers who must, themselves, change and adapt constantly in order to survive in a ruthless global market...