Word: organ
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...PATENTS Elihu Thomson Electrically operated pipe organ, cream separator, electric welding...
...tumor growth, and CT (computerized tomography) scanners, which show precise anatomical details, were already in widespread medical use. But doctors, especially cancer surgeons, were often frustrated in their attempts to match the two different scans to determine, for example, the precise location of a tumor in relation to an organ or to the spinal column. There seemed to be no better way than simply "eyeballing" the two separate images...
Until quite recently, most cardiologists put little value on pictures of the heart. They assumed that it was impossible to get a truly accurate image of an organ in constant motion. But with improvement in the technology for snapping freeze-frames of the beating heart, physicians have started to rely more and more on images of the heart not just for looking at problem areas but also for predicting the likelihood of future heart trouble...
...recording (which, to continue the metaphor, would be akin to a photograph), where one moment is captured in time, the studio album is built up from a base, with layers added, changed, added again and perfected. On top of vocals, our colleague Frisbay added his trombone, flute, trumpet and organ parts in the remaining few, hectic days...
...Flavored with organ and pedal steel guitar, the performances explore a range of sultry rhythms with an assured, relaxed warmth perfectly suited to Williams' stylized, empathic singing. Indeed, it's hard to come away from this record without feeling that one has been in the presence of an exceptionally compassionate, tactile individual. The songs speak of serendipity, optimism and love, and many of them have people's names in the title; for Williams, making connections and spreading good karma is clearly as primal an urge as making music, and is actually undistinguishable therefrom. One of the album's major achievements...