Word: gamut
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this country has yet to resolve about the boundaries of morality and law. The boss who kept his employees' menstrual cycles marked on a wall calendar was, by any measure, a lout. Was he a criminal? How useful is it to establish a category of behavior that runs the gamut from rudeness to rape? Should it be embedded in the law that men and women react differently to the same comments and behavior...
Drawing upon U.S. and international sources, the anthology's contents run the gamut from Spain's most popular funny, "Firmin and Piker," by Javier Mariscal; to the dark ruminations of New York's Art Spiegelman, author of the Auschwitz comic book Maus. Although somewhat skimpy in its explanations of the represented artists' forebearers and influences, the book provides a well-planned overview of different comics' genres...
...status of IVF has undergone a striking transformation in the past decade. It used to be considered an option of last resort; with success rates running below 5%, most doctors put couples through the full gamut of conventional therapies before turning to IVF. Today a couple in their 30s with undiagnosed infertility is likely to be told to skip invasive tests and exploratory surgeries and go straight to in vitro or related technologies. Streamlined procedures and lowered costs are part of the reason. But it was the development of two variations on the basic IVF procedure -- GIFT and ZIFT...
Phelps says Hubba Hubba's clientele runs the gamut: "everything from skinheads to gray-haired business men with briefcases." The members of Aerosmith and the Cars are some of the more high-profile characters who frequent this pleasure palace...
Marsalis' prolific jazz output runs the gamut from soothingly sensual (Hot ! House Flowers, 1984, with a string ensemble) to cerebral (Black Codes from the Underground, 1985) to fiery and aggressive (Live at Blues Alley, 1988). His latest effort, The Resolution of Romance, a set of standard songs featuring his father on piano, is a return to the very essence of jazz -- a melody with a beat. The forthcoming sound-track album for Tune in Tomorrow, set in the Crescent City, features sonorous Ellingtonian orchestrations with a spicy New Orleans accent. In addition to recording, Wynton plays some 120 live performances...