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Abernathy, a specialist in fluid mechanics and robotics, is also a man on a mission: to preserve the earth's energy resources and save Harvard and other institutions millions of dollars through energy conservation...
...breadth of his technical interests...started in fluid mechanics and branched over to manufacturing and robotics as well as energy," Budiansky says. He is now focusing on improving efficiency in retail clothing manufacturing...
Indeed it is. What emerges from this complex collaboration is the illusion that, by George, Gershwin is right in one's living room, banging away in his fluid song-plugger style. "Gershwin never played soft," observes Wodehouse. But he did have a consummate technical command of his instrument, which, coupled with the tremendous rhythmic vitality of his playing, gives his performances an irresistible strut and swagger. Two more Gershwin albums are on the way from Wodehouse. 'S Wonderful...
...laboratory. Once in Nigeria, he agonized over whether his presence there made any difference at all. Then a farmer appeared, suffering signs of imminent heart failure. Collins dared a procedure he had never tried before, plunging a needle deep into the man's chest to draw off the fluid that was apparently pressing on the heart. "Dr. Collins," the patient said later after recovering, "I know you're wondering why you are here. I believe you were sent here just for me, because without you I would have died...
Start that toast with 502.5 fluid ounces of ginseng tonic, or make your own with $1,000 worth of the root itself: depending on the type you buy, one grand gets you 10 pounds of American white ginseng root, or 8.5 pounds of American red ginseng root, or five pounds of Chinese ginseng kivin root at Harnett's, Church and Brattle Streets...