Word: spined
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...Before leaving Cochin, I return again to the Chinese nets. I read that old plaque. The nets were brought to Kerala between 1350 and 1450. I watch eight men lower one of the nets - a giant wood-ribbed umbrella, suspended from a 30-m wooden spine by a complex system of ropes and stone counterweights - into the water, hold it there for a minute, then haul it out by pulling the ropes like some ancient tug-of-war with the backwaters. The men win, but the prize is paltry: a few eels and some nondescript fish, no more than...
...Apart from its spine-chilling sound, the Servais has had a spine-chilling history between its last caress at the hands of the Italian master in Cremona and its arrival at the U.S. museum in 1981, via a bequest. It is a tale that helps to draw the line distinguishing craftsmanship from mass production. Machines give us precision, volume, economy; they have democratized the making of things by putting quality goods within the reach of more than just the rich. But articles whose construction demands the human hand, eye, ear - and, yes - heart, rarely come off a production line...
...most crucial changes, according to Lovejoy, were those in the spine. The distance between chest and pelvis is longer in humans than in apes, allowing the lower spine to curve, which locates the upper body over the pelvis for balance. The pelvis grew broader, meanwhile, and humans developed a hip joint and associated muscles that stabilize the pelvis. Explains Lovejoy: "That's why a chimp sways from side to side as it walks upright and humans...
...producer Gerry Barad notes that's partly the result of the weak broader economy but admits that the tour's name causes confusion: "Area: One? People are asking where it is, not what it is." Because of the genre cross-pollination, the show has fewer of those spine-tingling moments when the audience sings along as one, though when those moments do come--as in OutKast's B.O.B. (Bombs over Baghdad), which had everyone chanting along gospel-style, "Pow-er, music, electric revival"--they tend to mean a little more...
CHEMO BONES Breast-cancer patients receiving chemotherapy lose bone density up to four times as fast as expected, a study has found. Women whose ovaries stopped working, a common side effect of chemo, suffered rapid and dramatic bone loss in the hip and spine. Women who undergo chemo-induced early menopause should take calcium and vitamin D and get a bone-density test...