Word: touche
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Every now and then, a movie tries to be in touch with the latest fad. Wall Street came to symbolize the money culture of the 1980s. Reality Bites attempted to describe the actions of the early 90s Generation...
...many as four chromosomes in a developing embryo's cells, these genes switch on and off in sequence. Since embryos mature from the top down, explains biologist Cliff Tabin of the Harvard Medical School, a Hox gene that turns off a bit early, or stays on just a touch longer, can make a dramatic difference in the formation of the embryo. Swans, for example, have more neck vertebrae than chickens and thus longer necks. That is because the Hox genes responsible for making neck bones stay on longer in the unhatched cygnet than in the unhatched chick...
...tactile experience of planting the garden becomes all-encompassing for Leena, as she pushes herself physically. The feel of the plants as they grow taller, the mud from the garden when she waters the crops and the response of the plants to her touch are the focus of Leena's existence...
...upshot, says Llinas: "We can say that being awake or being conscious is nothing but a dreamlike state." It is a state, Llinas concedes, that corresponds tightly to external reality. But it has no objective reality; as with a rainbow, you can perceive it but never actually touch or measure...
...York, Hank became a protege of Art Tatum's, carrying the great blind pianist's music satchel from gig to gig. Jones developed his own keyboard style, taking some of Tatum's breakneck invention and adding a measure of cool, a distinctive touch of romantic reserve to offset the fire of what came, in time, to be called bebop. Jones was also a sideman for Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday; he went to school with the best...