Word: organism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...album opens with the haunting "Possession," which is almost church-like at first, with McLachlan's clear voice double-tracked over the accompaniment of a Hammond organ. "Listen as the wind blows from across the great divide," she murmurs calmly, as the song shifts gradually into a more driven, guitar-buoyed section. Written from the point of view of an obsessive fan, with lyrics that are both erotic and slightly frightening, her voice breaks as she declares, "You speak to me in riddles and you speak to me in rhyme/ My body aches to breathe your breath, your words keep...
McLachlan's stretches a little more thematically with "Hold On," a song inspired by an AIDS documentary about a woman who learns that her finance has AIDS. The song, which also appears on the No Alternative benefit album, has a moody, organ-supported sound that may seem a little strange in the company of alternative groups such as Asylum. She sings the song in a restrained, almost choked-up manner, trying to convey the feelings of the woman who must "lie awake and pray that you'll strong tomorrow/ And we will see another day." The song is largely successful...
...most important clinical applications of FK506 lies in organ transplants...
When a patient undergoes a transplant, there is a risk of the body rejection the new organ. Drugs like FK506 suppress the immune system's inclination to act against, and possibly reject, the new organ...
...hospital with chest pains when the patient suddenly had a massive, life- ending heart attack. In a state of preternatural calm, Nuland responded as his training had taught him: he grabbed a scalpel and scissors, cut open the man's chest and began massaging the still twitching heart. The organ, he recalls, felt like "a wet, jellylike bagful of hyperactive worms...