Word: simpler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...breakthrough came in the mid-1980s at Dr. Ricardo Asch's laboratory at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Asch was trying to find a simpler way to do IVF, one that would not require the skills of an embryologist, when he hit upon the procedure he called gamete intra-Fallopian transfer, or GIFT. Rather than attempting fertilization in a Petri dish, he simply loaded the sperm and eggs (known to biologists as gametes) into a fine pipette and inserted them into the Fallopian tube, where he hoped they would take care of business by themselves. Not only...
...purposely corny, and the largest wild animal is made of chairs. The entire troupe, including costumes and apparatus, could fit into a clown car with room left over for a family of four. This is far too modest to be the greatest show on earth. How about something simpler: a one-ring wonder. The sweetest little circus this side of Barnum...
...lake to gather at the historic site where, according to legend, rebellious farmers from the founding cantons swore the first oath of Swiss allegiance in 1291. The backdrop was dramatic but fittingly modest: no parades down grand boulevards, just a nostalgic tribute by a modern industrial nation to its simpler, farming roots. When night fell, ) bonfires and fireworks...
...extinct, that the only female body fashion was the sculpted, sanded sylph. Then along came Jennifer Connelly, innocent of face, voluptuous of form, aerodynamically perfect. In The Hot Spot, Career Opportunities and this summer's The Rocketeer, Connelly has been used as an iconic throwback, a memento of a simpler (sexist) era. Film critics quickly add that she is an appealing actress, just as men once declared that they read Playboy for the interviews. But so far Connelly has been mainly calendar art: Bettie Page via Vargas, a body without a soul. Moviemakers can't find much...
...special issues and projects. "I've had the good luck," he says, "doing what I really enjoy -- watching what goes on in the world and helping to make sense of it, at least in print. I hope to keep on doing both, but have a little more time for simpler things too." Jamieson's good luck is also ours, and we're grateful for that...