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...said, ordered him to lynch a black as a "show of strength" in 1981, after a jury failed to convict a black man accused of killing a white police officer. Hays and a friend snatched 19-year-old Michael Donald off a Mobile street, then beat, cut, strangled and strung him up. Sixteen years later, with Donald's older brother Stanley watching intently, Hays was strapped into the bright yellow chair inside Holman Prison in Atmore, Ala. Asked for his last words, a repentant Hays mouthed "I love you" to Stanley Donald, made a thumbs-up sign and died when...
...focus can make him tough to be live with. Roommates say Ashong can be high-strung. It also made it difficult for his parents to understand why he would want to make the jump from music to acting last summer after he'd spent so much time composing and playing. In July, when Ashong announced he was thinking about looking for an acting agent, his parents were horrified...
Things get murkier when researchers look at the BRCA mutations. Hundreds of base pairs may be strung along genes like Christmas-tree lights, but not every blown bulb affects the strand the same way. More than 200 mutations have been identified on the two BRCA genes, and one new study found that while BRCA2 mutations will show up on a test, they may be less likely to lead to disease than mutations on BRCA1 in young women...
...Howard Hughes Medical Institute laboratory, are high on dopamine. They lack the genetic mechanism that sponges up this powerful stuff and spirits it away. Result: there is so much dopamine banging around in the poor creatures' synapses that the mice, though drug-free, act as if they were strung out on cocaine...
Clarke's high-strung, fast-paced approach presents a contrast to the rest of production, which is hindered by its pacing. The action and the dialogue are sometimes slow, making the play less powerful and often weakening the comedy. In scenes where the pacing is quicker and more appropriate for Stoppard's insightful repartees, like the game of "questions" played by Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, the play becomes more vibrant and engaging. But most of the time, the production relies on long dramatic pauses that leave the audience wondering what overwhelming thoughts have paralyzed the characters. Similarly, the amount of time...