Word: yo
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...cross the world's last cold-war frontiers, including the dangerous strip along the country's northern border with China and Russia. But the perils of flight have begun to look less daunting as economic conditions in the North deteriorate and word spreads of a better life elsewhere. Yo Man Chul, 48, an out-of-favor police captain, slipped across the frozen Tumen River on a dark night with his wife, two sons and daughter. When he finally arrived in South Korea, he said, "I thought there was no difference between dying while fleeing or dying by starvation...
...been it composer-in-residence at Yale University the Tanglewood Music Festival, the New England Conservation and several other universities and festivals. His music has been performed by conductor Seiji and cellist Yo-Yo...
Losing weight only to gain it back may be a sign of a lost battle against the bulge, but it may not be dangerous, government researchers said today. Past data had indicated yo-yo dieting may disrupt metabolism, increase body fat and lead to heart and other health problems. But today a National Institutes of Health panel said it's far more dangerous to be overweight, although more research is needed...
Here was a gaudy show of Clinton's channel-changing skills, his rescindable reality, his now-I-mean-it, now-I-don't. The last, final, no-kidding, planes- in-the-air, lock-and-load, ah'm-gonna-knock-yo'-haid- clean-off dudgeon metamorphosed -- surprise! -- into Jimmy Carter's dropping from the sky into Port-au-Prince. The voodoo of appeasement. Erstwhile murderer-torturer-rapists deserving nothing less than violent eviction (even if the invasion violates U.S. popular and congressional opinion and virtually every lesson learned in Vietnam) became, in the sunshine of Carter's smile and hunger...
...agree more with your assessment of Ax's playing, but I think that Yo-Yo Ma deserves a bit more credit for having the artistic integrity to try and blend with the ensemble. Admittedly, it must have been frustrating, but I feel that he remained more true to the spirit of the music than any of his colleagues, Ax included...