Word: intervallic
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Since 1963, doctors around the world have attempted 50 such operations implants of which were performed by Veith at Montefiore), but only in the past few years, with the introduction of cyclosporine, a drug that helps prevent the rejection of foreign tissue, have patients survived more than a year. At...
I have heard other stories. In a zoology class of 36 students, mostly white sorority girls, no one chose to be the laboratory partner of the only black male student. After an embarrassing interval, a white girl who was not in a sorority volunteered. In a class that was discussing...
In the late 20th century, war has Dopplered up to the opposite extreme. Today the serious part of a global war might last no longer than several passionate kisses. That is why some bystanders witnessing the war of the Falklands find themselves almost charmed by its stately pace, its long...
Still, the publishing business has endured crises before. The paperback revolution of the '50s was perceived as a threat to hardback publishing; so were television, outlandish contracts, school and library closings, and federal cutbacks. The business survived them all. And today it is moving, however slowly, toward a new...
Like the theater in which it is playing, called the Bouffes du Nord, this is a stripped-down, no-frills Carmen far removed from traditional opera-house conventions. It lasts just 82 minutes, with no interval, and uses only four singers, plus two speaking actors. The full orchestra has been...