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...years after its debut in 1823 Semiramide was considered Rossini's crowning triumph. Written at fever pitch in just 33 days, it shines with bel canto flourishes-fluid melodies, runs, cadenzas, arpeggios-and a soprano role that is one of the most difficult in all opera. "Semiramide," says La Scala's artistic director. "is Norma's grandmother." Much of the dramatic singing is in the most difficult vocal range, and the coloratura passages are burdened with drama. With the coloratura parts too dramatic and the dramatic parts too coloratura, it is simply too difficult; Paris...
...thought nothing of it. The cut seemed to be clean, and it healed quickly. But within a month, abscesses formed under the skin on the back of her finger and hand. They were not painful, but they were unsightly, and occasionally one of them burst and oozed a sticky fluid until a new scab formed. The woman's 18-year-old son cut his finger on the same tank, and soon he too had an abscess on his hand...
Radiation Cooling. Pratt & Whitney chose to work with these unpleasant fluids because building a nuclear engine for space requires a solution for one overriding problem: how to get rid of heat from the condenser. There is no air to cool it by convection; the only cooling comes from radiation, which increases sharply with temperature. If the working fluid were steam, an enormous condenser would be needed to radiate its low-grade heat. The lithium-potassium combination runs so hot that a fairly small condenser does...
...sign saying clearly which measure they use. The greatest spur to thoroughgoing reform will undoubtedly be British membership in the European Common Market. In time, Englishmen may even order their mild-and-bitter by the liter, and pay in decimal currency-but few last week would bet a fluid dram that they would live...
...waiting for them. Soon the Japanese, emulating their conquerors, began to say kanpai (cheers) over Scotch and soda. Out flowed 86-proof Old Suntory, now $4.50 a fifth. For undemanding palates, Kotobukiya also puts out 74-proof Torys, a throat burner that sells for 85? a near fifth (21.6 fluid oz.). Last year Kotobukiya Ltd. bottled 6,000.000 gallons of Suntory and Torys, had profits of $5.5 million on sales of $66 million. This year it expects a gross of $75 million...