Word: walkerism
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CHEMISTRY: Paul Boyer, John Walker and Jens Skou. A split decision involving ATP, the molecule that stores energy in all living cells. Half the prize went to Boyer, of the U.S., and Walker, of England, for showing how ATP is made. The other half went to Skou of Denmark for discovering a key ATP-related enzyme...
Then Nicholson throws his change-up. The very next scene reads as an undated journal entry from a guy named Stuart (in you guessed it) London. But unlike Nicholson's earlier chapters, "The Walker's Diary: The Penultimate Days" gives a man's account of London meanderings and musings that is wistful, genuine, eerie and, above all, nuanced. It is, in fact, so scintillating that it shines light on another flaw in Nicholson's text: it needs to be written in the first person. The peculiarities of Nicholson's style--in particular, his penchant for sprawling over-description--sound flat...
...volunteered in the administration of both local secondary schools and schools of higher education. At the Ethel Walker School, DeFriez served as Alumnae Association president, trustee and as the first female president of the school's board...
...Leaving on a Jet Plane" for Peter, Paul and Mary and crested with "Rocky Mountain High," "Sunshine on My Shoulders" and "Take Me Home, Country Roads" was never the messianic scamper of a rock star. His fans were many but silent; Denver was a star in the way that "Walker, Texas Ranger" is a top-20 hit these days: through the power of the uncool masses...
...Hubbard Avenue juvenile reported being punched and robbed of $3.00 cash and a lighter while walking on Walker Street near Linnaean...