Word: rigid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shaped bundles of spongy muscle that run along each side of the penis, to relax and draw in extra blood. As the chambers fill, they expand, pressing shut veins that normally drain blood from the organ. With blood coming in and none going out, the penis becomes rigid and erect...
Music and math may appeal to individuals who seek aesthetic beauty within a tight structural framework, suggests Mark Spivakovsky, a math junior fellow. "On the one hand, both are rigid and restrictive in structure," he says, "but on the other hand, there's something fantastically creative in both that is hidden...
...difficult year for these teenagers and their families, both of which have enough problems without the additional shadow of the Vietnam War. The movie pits the passions of the '60s love and drug culture against the conventions of small-town America, the obligatory collegiate life of demonstration against the rigid demands of a fearful but patriotic older generation. Within the families, though, Scott must deal with a stern, unfeeling father (Bruce Dern) and a disenchanted, prayerful mother (Mariette Hartley), while Ralph must deal with his own widowed mother (Joanna Cassidy...
These days, a very tough question. For too long "opera" has been narrowly + defined as what goes on at the Metropolitan Opera House; a rigid distinction between art and entertainment, fervently defended by a musical flat-earth society, has denied audiences the riches that lie beyond the narrow shoals of the classical repertoire. Today, though, singers and conductors are making the voyage and discovering a brave new world on the other side: America's own authentic artistic heritage. Broadway, say hello to high class...
...felt we played really well," Harvard Coach Tim Wheaton said. "We put together some really nice stuff. Brown plays a very rigid style defensively, and they count on one player to finish...