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...Chen administration is taking control. A Cabinet-level anti-SARS task force has been hastily assembled, the military has been called into action to help disinfect Taipei's streets and hospitals and strict quarantine measures have been imposed in the capital with stiff fines for violators. Still, some worry that the disease is gathering momentum and bureaucratic reaction times remain too slow. A foreign health-care specialist, who declined to be identified, notes that more than 100 suspected SARS cases in Taiwan have yet to be reviewed by epidemiologists?meaning the number of victims might be substantially higher than...
...instance in which Barrett purposely alluded to a known fashion universe was in scenes set in Zion, the last remaining human colony, which Barrett describes as a very "civilized" place, even though it looks a lot like a muddy cave. In these scenes, she avoided artificial and stiff fabrics in favor of draping, natural fibers. "Everything [in Zion] is grown hydroponically," she explains. "They grow flax and hemp and things you can weave." (The fact that this is never mentioned in the film gives you a hint of the totality of the Wachowski brothers' narrative vision.) Barrett says she based...
They visited several textile stores to find the right fabric. After rejecting metal screening (too stiff) and the material used to make tutus (too flimsy), they settled on a flesh-colored synthetic fabric. They liked the way the sheets caught the light, he said...
...going on inside a woman's heart, many cardiologists perform an echocardiogram during a treadmill test. Echocardiograms can give doctors a detailed picture of the size, shape and pumping action of the chambers of the heart and of how well the valves are working. If the pumping action looks stiff, doctors know the heart is ailing...
...times, Brendon T. DeMay ’03 projects a tremendous stage presence as the conniving Richard, drawing the audience into his calculated ravings. Kathleen A. Stetson ’03 also gives a stately performance as Queen Elizabeth, though Sergio Rafael ’05 is a bit stiff as Clarence. His unassuming presence may be intentional to create a guileless veneer, but he comes off as somewhat uncomfortable with the noble role...