Word: vein
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...winners. The rest, he said, are going to fall by the wayside, economically and otherwise. While he did not specifically cite the Bush administration?s restrictions on stem cells, his listeners interpreted his comments as an implied warning about the economic dangers of such a policy. In a similar vein, Ralph Merkle, vice president of technology assessment for the Foresight Institute, heralded the great promise of nanotechnology in medicine - the development, for example, of tiny molecular computers that could work inside the body - but threw cold water on the idea of any quick profits from such innovations because...
Hall confesses to having a bit of a temper herself; she actually has permanent vein damage in her right leg from hitting herself with her racket during matches...
...spaces he has designed. He has become an expert in the reuse of historic buildings. In London, for example, he converted the ultimate historical edifice, the three-century-old Royal Bank of Scotland on Savile Row, into a soaring yet soft retail space for Jil Sander. In the same vein, he created a modern shop in a 19th century building on 57th Street in New York City. In Milan he developed a 100,000-sq.-ft. emporium for Giorgio Armani, draped in soft blue hues, that complements the muted elegance that is the designer's trademark. "We're designing luxury...
...concedes. But he stills aims to play gigs on weekends and holidays, and he promises that his recently released retrospective collection of 28 CDs will soon be followed by a new studio album. Being a minister, he says with a sly smile, should provide him with a rich vein of inspiration. "I have lots of new subjects for songs. I'm thinking of writing a song about Zero Hunger...
...this vein, the production makes no attempt to revamp the script or drill home the work’s potential impact on a modern audience. Instead, it stays true to sometimes quirky 1930s lingo and the brazenly leftist, pro-union messages. The characters, too, with names like Mr. Mister and Dr. Specialist—not-so-subtle prototypes of social powers and evils—remain perfectly intact from Blitzstein’s original...