Word: fusions
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Coupled with the hand-crafted marionettes, the blobular form is a poignant analogue to Corbusier’s earlier fusion of organic forms and Modernist rigor in the Carpenter Center’s design—the result of the University’s mid-century hope that an increased presence of the arts would counter the increasingly mechanistic tenor of society...
...Rayah, a popular north African song of exile that takes on a roguish air with Taha's rough vocal. Despite some commercial success, Taha's mix of traditional and electronic instrumentation and beats, and his habit of singing in Arabic, has often led critics to classify his records as fusion or world music, a label that confounds him. Taha makes lavish use of traditional Arab instruments like the oud lute, and string and wind sections, driven forward by electric bass and guitars, rock backbeats, and even the odd hip-hop influence. "When the Beatles or Led Zep used Eastern influences...
...backpacking generation. Nowadays, when millions are living in places not fully their own, foreignness is nothing to write home about. The characters in Ali's and Lahiri's fiction might be the daughters, even the granddaughters, of Desai, faced not with a split between cultures but with a curious fusion...
Every year, at least 200,000 Americans with chronic lower back pain turn to spinal-fusion surgery for relief. The Food and Drug Administration has approved an alternative called the Charité. It's an artificial disk--high- density plastic sandwiched between metal plates--designed to replace the natural fluid-filled disks of the lower spine when they are damaged by degenerative disk disease. Doctors hope the Charité, which has been used in Europe since 1987, will allow patients more freedom of movement than the spinal-fusion procedure...
...film, Bird somehow still seems awed by the final product. “One of my favorite parts of the film is the setting—it takes place in a retro type city but sill has many high tech gadgets…it’s this wonderful fusion that our animators were able to achieve...