Word: familiarize
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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When Dick Cheney felt those familiar chest pains early last Wednesday, he knew exactly what to do. Having already had three heart attacks, he headed straight for George Washington University Hospital and sought immediate medical attention. How many of us would react so promptly--or, heart specialists agree, so properly--to the chest pains that could be early signs of a heart attack? Time is muscle, doctors like to say; the longer you wait, the more heart muscle you can lose...
Dressed in familiar baggy jeans and a baseball cap, corporate CEO Darien Dash is preaching the gospel of the Web to a crowd of teens at the Alexander Hamilton housing projects in Paterson, N.J. Knowing that for many of these kids the closest model of financial success is the local drug dealer, this 29-year-old dotcom entrepreneur speaks to them in language he knows they understand. "The new hustle," declares Dash, "is technology...
...government-contracted information service Hokuriku Kensetsu Kosaikai uses the cameras to collect pictures from scenes of natural disasters to help repair workers and rescue teams prepare for the task ahead of them. "We used to use a PC, but not all the workers at a disaster scene are familiar with computers," says the service's manager, Hirokazu Kimura. "[The i700] is very useful...
...since the days of such musical mistakes as "Stand By My Woman" and "Mr. Cab Driver." In fact, the seductive "I Belong to You" is so sexy that most women will probably melt upon hearing Kravitz confidently coo: "I belong to you/You belong to me, too." Also included are familiar tunes from recent times: "Are You Gonna Go My Way," "American Woman" and the broken-record-like "Fly Away...
...balconies and aisles in the audience are readily incorporated into the production to give the audience a sense that they are not only watching a baroque opera but are actually transported back in time to witness this poignantly realistic portrayal of confusion, heartache and love. Even those not familiar or comfortable with opera can't help but fall in love with the exquisite choreography, vocal preparation and endearingly funny storyline of Cesti's forgotten gem, Orontea...