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...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...
Investigators have discovered another anomaly: the brake fluid contained 7.5% water. Since water is not normally present in the system, Judge Stephan has requested an expert report on how it got there and whether it could have caused the brakes to malfunction. Experts consulted by TIME say this amount of water could cause corrosion and rust that might impair or even disable the brakes...
Brody collects some laughable racquets, including one made from a tube filled with flowing fluid. Yet he endorses much of today's tennis tech. A larger racquet surface, he says, does help propel even off-center shots. And a thicker "beam" or frame produces more power and stability. "The extra length in the handle will give you something too," he notes, especially on the serve. (The higher up your serve starts, the better angle it has into the service box.) He's more dubious about the new ultralight titanium racquets. Although a lighter racquet is easier to maneuver, many players...
Miraculously fluid and well-shaped, the narrative unspools like a wavering dream. Reality, for Ricci, is a blurred photograph torn at the edges (as is the title--you can finish the book without knowing whom "she" refers to, let alone where she has gone). Heavy with the pressure of the unspoken, yet vividly immediate, this tale of detonations proceeds like the fishing boats we see at the end, taking off into a "moon-crusted sea," with bonfires behind them on shore, a "strange moonlit flotilla like some whispered night-time setting out for the beyond...