Word: steeled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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VERDI "Weave the lotus and the laurel/into a crown for the victors! Let a soft cloud of flowers/veil the steel of their arms...
...sooner did she steel herself for the procedure, however, than her insurer, the Trustmark Insurance Co., made things more complicated. Since the $90,000 treatment was still considered experimental, it was ineligible for coverage under the terms of Trustmark's policy. "Whether it's a $100,000 charge or a $10 charge, we make our decisions based on that contract language," says Lloyd Sarrel, Trustmark's assistant vice president for benefits. Geisbush, understandably, has bigger things than contracts on her mind. "I'm in a fight for my life," she says. "I shouldn't be having this fight with...
...rear of the stage, a strange mix of various percussion instruments grew and changed throughout the night. In the hands of Jeffrey Haynes, everything from a steel pan to congas added tastes of Africa and the Caribbean at will, and he masterfully integrated his beats with sometimes-jazz, sometimes-folk, sometimes-blues tones around him. Even with a drummer and percussionist playing simultaneously, the sounds were never muddled and Wilson's voice was never muscled into the background...
...rear of the stage, a strange mix of various percussion instruments grew and changed throughout the night. In the hands of Jeffrey Haynes, everything from a steel pan to congas added tastes of Africa and the Caribbean at will, and he masterfully integrated his beats with sometimes-jazz, sometimes-folk, sometimes-blues tones around him. Even with a drummer and percussionist playing simultaneously, the sounds were never muddled and Wilson's voice was never muscled into the background...
...staff member leads Konecny to Drawer No. 44 of a large steel cabinet. Inside are microfilmed lists of Ohio Civil War regiments. Konecny sits at one of the 97 viewing stations and within a few minutes finds a faded entry showing that Solomon Seif served as a private in Company I of the 136th Infantry. From a second reel about Company I, she learns that as a 20-year-old farmer, he enlisted for 100 days in 1864, shortly before the war ended, and in 1885 he applied for a pension as an invalid...