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That long delay between the time you have an X ray taken and the time you get the results is getting shorter, thanks to digital radiography systems from Canon, which won FDA approval last week, and General Electric, which got the nod last month. Doctors can view digital images captured by silicon sensors just three seconds after they are taken, as opposed to waits as long as 30 min. with traditional X rays...
...Ideally, the lettuce appreciates the tomatoes for the tomato-ness, the mushrooms for their mushroom-ness, and so on; yet we are often too busy to examine each component of the salad bowl for its complexities. We chew it quickly, sensing only what is most immediate to our tastebuds, nod, and move on to the next bite, Thus it is that American multiculturalism touts only the most obvious and easily accessible features of its various ethnic groups. Italian culture is tomato sauce and Sunday Mass and frescoes; Jewish culture is all about dreidels and yarmulkes and challah and concentration camps...
...Look, we always wear black," says Reichek, as students nod solemnly or chuckle. After the class ends, the truth comes out. A student admits that the class's attire had in fact been planned in the studio the night before after TF Jennifer E. Mergel '98 announced that a Crimson reporter would attend the next class. Apparently, the group generated the idea of subverting the "artsy" stereotype, representing themselves as exactly that for the reporter's benefit...
...entire production. Alceste's complaints against the hypocrisy of his times may well have come from cynical journalists in the 1920s, so his occupation suits his disposition in the play. Celimene's many lovers are a sign of the fast-moving times, and her role as hostess, a nod to women's greater independence after the War. The most exciting new feature of the play however, comes at the end of the second act. The scene shifts continually from Celimene's apartment to Alceste and Arsinoe. The audience watches Alceste discover Celimene's deception at the same time they...
...regatta was especially exciting. Bonney has only been sailing for two months, but she has shown exceptional promise as the second man, known as the crew position, in double-handed racing. For the past few weeks, she has practiced with fellow freshman Shawn Doyle, and she was given the nod to sail as Strothman's crew for the Horn Regatta...