Word: nods
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Murphy was a top contender for the post following the departure of former dean Patricia A. Graham in early 1991, Rudenstine said in a interview yesterday. But in one of the major appointments of his first year, Harvard's president gave the nod to Columbia Teachers College professor Linda Darling-Hammond...
Given the potential for conflict, it is surprising that personal chemistry between the two men clinched the vice-presidential nod for Gore. "The big factor was the personal and political comfort level Bill felt with Gore," explains a senior Clinton adviser. "Every time, Bill would come away from a conversation with Gore and say, 'He's so smart...
...That's When Your Heartaches Begin, the two tunes he cut that day back in 1953, as well as 14 performances never before released -- is available in this hefty, have-to- have-it compilation, which features a scrupulous discography, an excellent essay by critic Peter Guralnick and, in a nod to recent postal madness, a "limited edition" stamp sheet made up of Elvis record covers from the '50s. These stamps are suitable for framing or pasting but not posting, which suits just fine: it's the music that carries the message anyhow...
...intent, critically attentive gaze of opera buffs checking out a diva's pitch. "Was that spurt realistic enough?" they seemed to be mentally debating. Was that a clean whack that took off the arm of the papier mache fan? Periodically they moved their heads in a sort of approving nod: good spurt, good whack...
...histamine, which is responsible for allergic symptoms. The antihistamine drugs in use for decades reduced swelling and other symptoms but led to drowsiness, an inconvenience in the office and a clear danger behind the wheel. But a newer antihistamine, terfenadine (trade name: Seldane), does not induce the need to nod. Other drugs helpful to allergy sufferers are cromolyn sodium, which in nasal-spray and eye-drop forms suppresses the release of histamine, and beclomethasone, triamcinolone and flunisolide, cortisone-based preparations that some doctors find to be even better inflammation fighters...