Word: fluidly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Dancer Tanya Fedoruk '87, notes that Mallardi's teaching style does not encourage a strict mimickry of a pattern of movements, but rather an ongoing, fluid process of change. "She changes her mind all the time. As a dancer/athlete, you're part of the development of the piece...
...Phoenix heart sustained Creighton long enough for another human heart to be found and implanted. But it soon became clear that the ten hours he had spent on a heart-lung machine had taken their toll. As a result of blood- vessel damage, fluid had accumulated in his lungs, causing a buildup of pressure on the right side of his new heart that ultimately proved fatal...
...There have been noticeable scientific breakthroughs by people who have been able to use these computers," said Allen R. Robinson, professor of geophysical fluid dynamics and a trustee in the new corporation...
...danger, it internally mixes enzymes contained in one body chamber with concentrated solutions of some rather harmless compounds, hydrogen peroxide and hydroquinones, confined to a second chamber. This generates a noxious spray of caustic benzoquinones, which explodes from its body at a boiling 212 degreesF. What is more, the fluid is pumped through twin rear nozzles, which can be rotated, like a B-17's gun turret, to hit a hungry ant or frog with bull's-eye accuracy. When Rue learned about the bombardier, she says, "I fell in love with...
...other requirements of the role are trickier, more fluid, shifting with the times. The First Lady has no constitutional or statutory duties at all, but she is almost constantly on display, and held to the ephemeral ideals of the moment. Since Eleanor Roosevelt, Presidents' wives have been expected to show some interest in good works, and recent First Ladies have taken that to mean an active concern for the sick or the helpless. Nancy Reagan has devoted her energies to the Foster Grandparents Program, a volunteer child-care organization, and, even more emphatically, to a crusade against drug abuse among...