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...used, by contrast, were the cello solos which broke up the different airs and recitatives of Part II, and which twice exchanged echoing dialogue with a warbling Saffer. The cellos, too, seemed not to be standard, modern cellos, but rather like those of Handel's time, having a much thinner, more delicate sound. Most of the strings played their instruments in the baroque style, holding their bows partway up the dowel instead of by the frog, as is the modern method...
...tough time pushing electrons through smaller and smaller aluminum conduits, which become less conductive as they shrink. IBM had been working patiently on the problem since scientists realized a decade ago that to move to the next level of miniaturization (to wiring .25 microns wide, about 400 times thinner than a human hair), they would need to abandon aluminum...
...particularly tough time for a showdown. Even as Carey rallied the troops last week, it was clear that the Teamsters' finances were in no shape for a lengthy walkout. With the union's membership down from 2 million a decade ago to 1.4 million today, its strike fund is thinner than a picket sign. Strikers, some of whom have been pulling down $50,000 a year, can count on benefits of only $55 a week...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The razor-thin margin opposing a balanced budget amendment in the Senate got a lot thinner Tuesday when Louisiana freshman Democrat Mary Landrieu announced she would vote with the GOP on the bill despite some reservations about its language. With Landrieu's qualified support, the Republican leadership is just one vote shy of the needed two-thirds supermajority. With all 55 Republicans and 11 Democrats supporting the measure, the move means that freshman Senator Robert Torricelli will cast the deciding ballot in a vote that could come as early as next Friday. The New Jersey Democrat is being...
...Cutting the risk of BLOOD CLOTS. Patients who have had more than one blood clot can dramatically reduce their chances of getting another by using the anticoagulant Coumadin--provided they stay on it permanently. Today most patients use the thinner just six months...