Word: breakdowns
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Easily fatigued type II muscle fibers, known as “fast-twitch” muscles, are fueled by the breakdown of sugar. When the protein is introduced to fatigued type II muscles, it supplies the fibers with the mitochondria they need to produce energy from oxygen...
...such as Young Men at the Seaside, painted in 1905 when the artist was 21, confirmed his own early stylistic assessment of himself as being "between Cézanne and Van Gogh." But after his experience as a medical orderly in Flanders in 1915, which led to a nervous breakdown, his paintings, such as The Descent from the Cross in 1917, took on a medieval starkness, and many of his figures became deformed by pain. His work began to reflect a cool empathy for the human condition, a stance Beckmann considered an artistic duty after the war. "I feel...
...began his postgame press conference, Harvard football coach Tim Murphy made it clear that he had no confessions to make about the Crimson’s special teams breakdown in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s win over Holy Cross...
...Diana Schutz solicited work for "Happy Endings" (Dark Horse Comics; $9.95; 96pp.) that would, according to her, "somehow fit under the overarching umbrella" of the title. Interestingly, only a few of the contributions took the mandate literally. Harvey Pekar, of "American Splendor," proffers a disturbing piece about his mental breakdown and the return of a malignant tumor. He ends with "I'm trying to work my way through. What else is there?" Mixing independent newcomers with such big-name artists as Frank Miller ("The Dark Knight Strikes Back,") "Happy Endings" has the most mainstream appeal of the four anthologies. Miller...
...region, to be used for an attack on Iraq. But, if reports emanating from Riyadh are to be believed, the U.S. won't only be left with a bill that could run upwards of $80 billion; its own coffers are at risk of being considerably denuded by a breakdown in relations with the Saudis...