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...hours. Recently I told him that if he doesn't cut it down to half an hour, I won't come." There is also no rule in the community that members must shave their heads, although, in practice, most of them do. In a similarly pragmatic vein, the community continues to take in paying weekend guests at Tassajara, and uses the income to operate and refurbish the monastery...
...Voogt's. Nearly five hours later, after the animal's heartbeat and circulation had stabilized, the baboon was ready for the hookup with Mrs. Voogt. The surgeons deftly led a tube from an artery in the woman's right arm, above the pulse point, to a vein in the baboon's groin. With a second tube, they linked an artery in the baboon's groin to a vein in the woman's arm. When the setup was in place, the doctors released the clamps that opened the two-way circuit...
...songs composed just before his death make most admirable vehicles for the band: locomotive-paced The Intimacy of the Blues, which perfectly brings out its elegant, insinuating sound; Charpoy, a perking bounce; and Blood Count, a sinuous, sensitive ballad, with a Johnny Hodges alto solo, in the same vein as Passion Flower. Duke pays his respects with a pensive, if plush, rendition of Lotus Blossom, Strayhorn's own favorite...
...greater concentration makes it possible to give the normally required amount of AHF by hypodermic injection into a vein-and in only five minutes. Moreover, this can be done in the doctor's office or an out-patient clinic. One of the first and most grateful beneficiaries of the new treatment system is David M. Raatz, a California attorney who lives in Monrovia and practices in San Marino. At 26, Raatz has had gallons of plasma and concentrates to stanch the bleeding that recurs most commonly in his ankles, knees and elbows. He never used to know when...
...most common comment about the Who's music is that it is unclassifiable; attempting to do so does pose special problems because the group's members seem to have dredged up out of themselves a new vein in rock music--one that sounds like no other group for more than the odd fleeting moment. If you can imagine a music that sounds a little like the Beach Boys in their early 'I Get Around' stage but harder, or like The Stones' 'Jumping Jack Flash' but harder, you have the Who at their medium mellowest, i.e. doing 'Out in the Street...