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...guitar playing is solely a product of my determination to explore, rather than any sort of great mastery of technique," Morello says. "A lot of noises I make on the guitar you can make very easily. You just have to think. Maybe this switch, worked in conjunction with that pedal, will make a noise that will not resemble a bluesman on the front porch but maybe a bullhorn." Easy? Maybe not. Morello admits he practiced "obsessively" two to four hours a day during his four years at Harvard...
When Jackie Robinson joined the Dodgers, he not only broke the racial barrier, he also set new standards in baseball: "He looks awkward, but isn't. He stops and starts as though turned off & on with a toggle switch. He seems to hit a baseball on the dead run. Once in motion, he wobbles along, elbows flying, hips swaying, shoulders rocking--creating the illusion that he will fly to pieces with every stride. But once he gains momentum, his shoulders come to order and his feet skim along like flying fish. He is not only jackrabbit fast, but about...
...switch to a multimedia format has allowed the cases presented to include much more information than before and to represent better the complexities of business situations...
...they are, these drugs share the same serious drawback. Because they target all dividing cells, they also kill off normal tissue in the skin, hair and bone marrow. The next generation of anticancer agents, however, promises to be much more selective. By targeting oncogenes, for example, researchers hope to switch off the signals that prompt cancer cells to divide in the first place. Particularly promising is a class of drugs known as farnesyltransferase inhibitors, which have been shown to shrink tumors while sparing normal tissues. "Oncology is not a profession that inspires optimism," admits Dr. Allen Oliff, director of cancer...
Kerry--"Governor, you switch your position more than your friend Dick Morris...