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...Duffy. "When you see a downturn," he says, "people are more inclined to go out to a movie, and usually alcohol consumption goes up. People are interested in getting away from the problems of the world so we've tried to create a happy atmosphere." Hollywood could even latch onto the trend with a new genre of happy-hour movies in which hero and heroine do almost nothing else but celebrate days of wine and Four Roses...
Goodfield was fortunate to latch onto an exceptional lab at a productive time. But she depends too much on the flow of experiments, the blow-by-blow description of discovery to keep her book moving. There are no add personalities that stand out. no irreverant wits. Perhaps Brito's preference for "having quiet technicians and completely bland people around" really is wonderful. ("They don't notice anything wrong...They keep us all sane," Brito claims.) But this lack of funny incident, of weird quirks is what separates the book from other inside tours of biology, such as Horace Judson...
...visual, as they try to mask their disjointed live performances with outrageous outfits, wild stage antics, and a jaded, hedonistic style. Timing and musical clarity fused to make their music danceable--simple riff followed simple riff and their lines of action were both easy to follow and easy to latch onto. Crisp, clear, and minimal, it was all a matter of a weird note at the right time...
...brain damage-many basic questions must first be answered. For example, will the transplanted genes actually work as they are supposed to or will they be modified or inactivated by the animal's own genetic machinery? Will the foreign genes free-float in the cells or will they latch on to the other genes arranged along the chromosomes? Will genes that normally are switched on only in specific types of cells function in the same way when they have been introduced into other types of cells through genetic engineering? Finally, will transplanted genes be inherited by the animal...
Mosley is a voyeur. He dips under their lordly business decisions into personal journals and diaries of his subjects and recreates their emotions and feelings. He attempts to latch onto the most vulnerable side of the leading family members, and expands on the little quirks to introduce each of his characters. Mosley's style of intimate portrayals is effective with the twentieth-century du Ponts--simply because he had superb material to work with...