Word: painful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...conductor leapt onto stage, the applause he received was as breathless as for a rock star. This applause was not of adulation. It was of respect. Ozawa does not need to choose a repertoire filled with the lite classical music that we hear in television commercials and Au Bon Pain's front foyer. His allegiance is not to music that is popular, but to music that is earth-shattering. And indeed, the BSO's last concert, featuring Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde and Bela Bartok's The Miraculous Mandarin, might have been earth-shattering enough to crack...
...hard not to notice the recent change in temperature, and while the necessary bundling up is a pain in the ass, the onset of cold does mean it's time for fun winter snow sports. Snow sports is what the 17th annual Boston Snow Sports Expo is all about. Go for a chance to see more than merchandise for sale--the show promises everything from video presentations to a half-pipe vert show and appearances by skiing and snowboarding celebs. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Bayside Expo Center, 200 Mt. Vernon St, Boston...
...Rain Pain...
...wasn't the self-injury that was shocking but the things that brought them to this point in their lives," says Strong. Typically, at some point in adolescence, they happen to injure themselves. Not only does it not hurt but the blood seems to voice their pain and also take it away--a "bright red scream," as one self-injurer told Strong, of all they can't communicate. "It's like the old movies where someone was hysterical, someone slapped them and they sighed thank you," explains Levenkron. "We all understand the physical can mediate the emotional...
...enough to give anyone palpitations. Scientists have shown that injecting alcohol into a congenitally enlarged heart and deliberately inducing a heart attack can ease the shortness of breath, chest pain and other symptoms of the genetic disorder. The alcohol--it's ethanol, equivalent to 200-proof vodka--kills overgrown heart muscle, enabling blood to flow more freely...