Word: insertion
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This film was made for the "Investigative Reports" series, which doubtless explains the abrupt endings of various segments of the film (insert commercial here) and the ominous narration. A startled viewer might initially mistake Blood Money for "Unsolved Mysteries": even the most innocuous events are made to sound sinister, and phrases like "the darker questions [about Swiss neutrality] are beginning to emerge" abound...
...smells nice, and it makes the coat shiny," she said. "Once it's dry, I insert hanger wires--that's what I use to give it shape, so it won't have floppy arms...
...happen to live on Manhattan's Upper West Side, though, you might get a chance this week to test a way around this minor annoyance--and in the process, become a trailblazer on the march to the totally cashless society. Just insert a special card into a special terminal or reader on the store counter and press a button. Then walk out with your purchase. That...
...will Desrosiers' vaccine work in humans? Accidentally giving people AIDS is not the only risk. All AIDS viruses, whether weakened or full strength, permanently insert their genes into the chromosomes of infected cells. Theoretically at least, that microscopic intrusion could lead to problems ranging from cancer to systemic nerve damage. The problems might show up immediately, or they might show up 15 or 20 years later. There is no way of finding out unless a few brave souls are willing to step forward to be the first guinea pigs...
...been easy. First, just before rehearsals started in Minneapolis, Taymor had to have emergency gallbladder surgery. Then, she faced a host of technical problems, from malfunctioning props to elaborate scene changes that couldn't be made quickly enough. For the first few preview performances, the show was forced to insert a pause just before the big wildebeest stampede to give the crew time to change the set. (Taymor has since inserted a new scene to bridge...