Word: liquid
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...must find their way back to the oil countries. In the 1980s some OPEC members may be earning as much from interest on their loans and bank deposits as from oil. This added wealth would give them more flexibility to reduce oil production if they want to conserve their liquid gold or to punish importers by reductions for political reasons. Meanwhile, to pay the interest, the borrowers may have to print more and more money, fueling inflation...
Ronan Lefkowitz, soloist in the Concerto, impressed the audience with his mature, contemplative interpretation, which was delivered with such liquid phrasing and soothing tone that the emerging performance created a sense of reverence for the work, which the audience did not expect to feel. The first movement was played slowly, almost ponderously, but with careful pacing and calm control so that it moved with inexorable continuity. At the movement's highpoint, Lefkowitz displayed dazzling virtuosity in the intertwining, unbelievably intricate Kreisler cadenza. The audience was fascinated and broke into applause after the first movement. The third movement Rondo picked...
...Chase N. Peterson '52, vice president for alumni affairs and development, explained yesterday that when Ward M. Canaday '07 agreed a year and a half ago to pay for the dormitory, only about half of the gift was delivered then in liquid assets and property...
...Faculty has one thing to fall back on in paying for these deficits--a special fund of liquid capital it set up in the early 60s, before the financial woes set in. But the fund has dwindled to about $6 million, which at present deficit rates will last another year or two. After that, the Faculty will have to borrow money from the central administration and pay it back with interest, which will only make matters worse...
...such procedures. In those cases, the only way a doctor can determine if a lump is cancerous is to have a biopsy performed, usually as a surgical procedure. A surgeon removes the lump and it is rushed to the hospital's pathology laboratory. There it is frozen with liquid nitrogen and then, with a device called a microtome, sliced into sections thinner than onion skin for examination under a microscope. If the cells are cancerous, the surgeon will usually know in minutes...