Word: quests
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While he was a member of the rap group Leaders of the New School and when he appeared on a Tribe Called Quest's classic "Scenario," the hyper Busta set himself aside from the rest of the pack. Moving into the realm of solo performers, he took his audacious persona to another level with flashy, self-designed fashions and outlandish videos. On his solo debut, however, the originality and energy of the image never seemed to match that of his music (except with the hit "Woo-Ha"). Although a creative lyricist, Busta delivered his fractured stream of consciousness flow...
...farmer, he is rooted in cycle. You, you are ill-concerned with repetition, and only aware of some fantastical march, quest, conquest,debauch. And, so you are aware of this manufactured process, and you act upon it. You run as if you were running toward something. But you are only running in circles...
...responding to the challenge might well be the development of artificial blood. The quest for a blood substitute reaches back to the 17th century, when scientists tried to transfuse animal blood and other products into humans. Several blood substitutes are undergoing clinical trials in the U.S. and Europe, and one, which seems to carry oxygen like its genuine counterpart, has been tested successfully in heart-surgery patients in Europe...
...years tracking down his man. Lopez's dozen conversations with DiBenedetto yield a mesmerizing story that takes you inside the mind of the hunter and the hunted. The author of The Sunday Macaroni Club, a fiercely funny crime novel that features a similarly crusading attorney, Lopez pursued his own quest. It took him to Einhorn's lawyers in Paris, the murderer's former hideout in Champagne-Mouton, and Einhorn himself. "I wanted to gauge by his eyes whether the murder had registered," says Lopez. "As far as I could see, it hadn...
Various and sundry deans then spoke about the glories of student organizations, the history of the quest for knowledge and the wonders of living in a place occupied by generations of ghosts. The band played, the choirs sang and, after a handful of hip-hips for Harvard, a smattering of rah-rahs for Radcliffe, a few more prescient words and a "Bon Voyage!" from Rudenstine, the crowd disbanded as the first years set off on their journeys and adventures...