Word: parkerisms
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...different crowd, turning up at modern-day spectacles (think movie premieres and nightclub sorties) for purely sartorial purposes. In recent seasons, the fashion flock has adopted the tough footwear as its own form of armor. The style has proved an able antidote to a flowery dress for Sarah Jessica Parker and helped Mary-Kate Olsen bring the sky-high look of a miniskirt back down to earth. With many of the modern incarnations featuring weapon-like stiletto heels, they just may be better suited for combat than the originals...
...Though his research is sponsored by the Defense Department and is intimately related to war, Parker said that it doesn’t carry a stigma because it is about finding medical treatments for wounded soldiers...
...You’d have to live in a cave out in the woods to separate yourself from what military-driven technological innovation has provided this country,” Parker says. “If you take a look at the cutting edge of science in any particular field, you’ll find DOD-sponsored research projects there...
...Dubbing his current research “emergency science,” Parker said the urgency of this work, and the Defense Department’s “commitment to innovation even at the risk of failure,” are akin to the coordinated scientific effort that led to the development of the atomic bomb...
...Like Parker, Auguste said that doing research that may have military implications arouses very little debate—especially compared to the embryonic stem cell work that comprises a significant portion of her lab’s activities...