Word: twisted
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These fuzzy snapshots, however, aren’t always enough. When they are active, protein molecules may double over or twist into radically different shapes. Understanding their dynamics can be crucial to drug design, and for this good computer simulations are invaluable. San Diego-based Structural Bioinformatics, for example, generates digital "movies" of how proteins writhe and twist when activated or ensnared by drugs, and identifies the small molecules that would best disable these moving targets...
...wanted to work up a sweat while explaining his plan to provide universal health care for every child. Al, the fighter, wanted to show that he was comfortable with a ruffled shirt and loosened tie. Yet, he became condescending in the ring. During the debates, Al would frequently twist his face into disgust as George explained his stance on affirmative action or on how to solve the plight of the farmer. Although Al wins the applause of most Harvard students when he invokes such facial expressions, he alienates a considerable segment of the population as well. America has never liked...
...album based on Beatles non-number ones wouldn't be half-bad either. Just looking at those that made Billboard's top 10 but missed the top spot, you could have: "Twist and Shout" (no. 2), "Do You Want to Know a Secret?" (no. 2), "P.S. I Love You" (no. 10), "She's a Woman" (no. 4, although really it was the B-side to "I Feel Fine"), "Nowhere Man" (no. 3) and last but certainly not least "Strawberry Fields Forever" (no. 8, although really it was the double-A side to "Penny Lane"). And that's not even counting...
...expletive prelude to her artistry. Modeled after the classic Italian form of tertza rhima (3-line triplets with elaborate end-rhymes), one of Rich's new works pays homage to Dante's Divine Comedy, which embodies this structure. Although it lacks end-rhymes, Rich's poem puts a twist on Dante's theme of the novice and the guide, ultimately celebrating what Rich terms "the death of history." She concludes that one's self is both novice and guide, as the poem's disembodied voice questions: "Was that youth? That clear sapphire on snow...
...Elijah Price, who seeks Dunn out to offer an explanation for his good fortune. No mention is made of comic books or their applications to real life, which appears to be Shyamalan's thesis and purpose for making this movie, and a metaphor debated frequently throughout the film. The twist ending of this film, a trick that Shyamalan became famous for in The Sixth Sense both supports and distorts the metaphor, and leaves the viewer unsure about whether the ending is an attempt to make a profound statement or overthrow any sense of seriousness...