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...organ proves itself a perfect accompaniment for McLachlan's voice on "Good Enough," giving the song a solemn tone that fits its subject matter. About some from of domestic abuse ("It's not the wind that cracked your shoulder/And threw you to the ground"), "Good Enough" places McLachlan in the strong, supporting role of a friend...
Scientists have long considered the highly variable organ of vision--from the kaleidoscopic eyes of insects to the gleaming eyes of cats--to be one of the greatest puzzles among all the structures invented by evolution. Did biology draw up a blueprint for eyes many times? Or are all eyes assembled according to the same rules...
...when the first checks were mailed--the U.S. was a much smaller, poorer country, still ravaged by the Great Depression that struck with special savagery at the old. Those people lucky enough to have jobs were overwhelmingly male. Even more important, the world had yet to hear of organ transplants and the manifold other wonders of modern medicine. Once they were available, along with the better nutrition and sanitation that accompanied postwar prosperity, Americans began living--and collecting pension benefits--longer than the architects of Social Security could ever have dreamed...
Incongruous ensembles dot the score. A whole chorus of Portuguese townspeople interrupts an inquisition with "What a day for an autoda-fe." The cast collectively bemoans their lot with unfortunately appropriate words--"What's the use"--to the strains of Venetain-style organ grinding that would have made even Sir Arthur Sullivan shudder...
Whether the new federal law will put an end to the traffic in human organs is uncertain. Bombay urologist Berjor Colobawalla, who has campaigned against the practice, notes that ``the federal government has reacted to public pressure, but unless local authorities are serious about enforcing this law, the trade will go on clandestinely.'' Bangalore police say two investigators will go to Saudi Arabia to gather evidence, specifically by interviewing organ recipients. By Jefferson Penberthy/New Delhi. Reported by Anita Pratap/Bangalore