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...symptoms of postpolio mimic those of the original disease, albeit in a less virulent form. They include fatigue and exhaustion, muscle weakness, painful joints and, sometimes, difficult breathing. The discomfort usually begins in the muscles affected by the original infection but can spread. Patients who got polio before age 10 and suffered particularly severe cases seem to be the most susceptible to the aftereffects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reliving Polio | 3/28/1994 | See Source »

...copy of Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend (which is published by Time Warner), pluck out a piece of lazy prose, and print it here: "A monkey called, sounding far and lonesome. The classic jungle sound from old Tarzan movies." Or I could go a step further and mimic Waller, as Billy Frolick does in his new book-length parody, The Ditches of Edison County ("Concave's scream echoed through the canyons and ditches of Edison County, all the way to a farmhouse on the other end of town"). The legal principle that permits us to quote or closely imitate Waller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spectator the Freedom to Ridicule | 12/13/1993 | See Source »

...inspiring strength and grace--not an easy task with snow falling throughout the scene, creating a slippery floor. The sweeping arm gestures with delicate bourre leg movement perfectly echo the motion of falling snow while the intertwining dancers surrounding the queen and king create spacial patterns on stage that mimic the delicate shape of a snowflake. Act I closes as a magical balloon carries Clara and her prince up into the night...

Author: By Amanda S. Federman, | Title: An Enchanting Nutcracker | 12/9/1993 | See Source »

...club members wore a moose head and brown cloth to represent the Columbian white-tailed deer. The two lay on the ground with their extremities stiffly extended to mimic dead deer...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Activists Dress Like Animals to Make Point | 12/8/1993 | See Source »

...machines get better and better each year, however, it becomes difficult to imagine that humans will always be able to dominate the world of chess, especially when today's researchers try to build programs that can mimic the way grandmasters play--with help from the latter...

Author: By Haibin Jiu, | Title: P. C. CORNER | 11/9/1993 | See Source »

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