Word: pioneering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spent nine months in an itchy body cast, but I no longer have painful, or even unpleasant, memories of the event." Thompson, in reporting the cover story, was especially impressed by Seattle Anesthesiologist John Bonica, an immigrant and former circus strongman who went on to become a pioneer in the field of pain alleviation...
This humanization and popularization may have cost him some prestige among his fellow pediatricians. Despite the many accolades (his colleagues have called him a "giant," a "pioneer," and the Brazelton scale a "landmark") he is still only an associate professor at the Medical School...
Adams' uncompromising craftsmanship helped pioneer the growing public recognition of photography as an art form. His method was to control rigorously every element of the picture: lighting, composition, focus. The image for him broke down into ten distinct "zones" of tonal quality, ranging from deepest black to pure white, so that every picture was a careful symmetry of light and dark. "The negative is the score," he said. "The print is the performance." By the mid-'60s, Adams had virtually ceased taking photographs for public consumption, concentrating instead on making prints of earlier works (the performance grew darker...
Bergmann and Company had just killed a 30-second holding penalty when an errant pass during the clear landed in a Pioneer's pocket and resulted in a 4-on-3 last break Three quick passes later Pete Sanders had put Post ahead 11-10 with three minutes remaining...
After more praying than plotting. Hawley (4 assists) took possession at the point, and while the sky didn't cloud over and the Charles didn't part, the Pioneer defense did, leaving Wright open for the pass and the easy score...