She appreciates the telephone that brings calls from her progeny, the television that brings her "Jeopardy". But she also seems to believe that many of our conveniences, much of our consuming need for news and entertainment, are distractions from life's bedrock pleasures.
Mr Barak has an obvious and consuming need for a peace agreement to sell to his people though this is by no means to suggest that political ambition could turn Israel's tough, secretive prime minister into a soft touch.
Yet the approach is limited by laborious and time consuming, need for specialized equipment, and the risk of bronchospasm and respiratory inflammation.
Did the never-ending activity, the all-consuming need for a ladle of soup and a crust of Army bread, along with fears of various magnitudes, leave any room for insight into the general situation?
It is merely the all-consuming need for that next rush, be it the form of a needle or in this case, suicide time bombs and snipers, that drives him.
In contrast to conventional experimental methods for assessing osteochondral repair, MRI permits a non-destructive and direct evaluation of osteochondral specimen without the often time-consuming need for decalcification or other processing.
I felt the all consuming need to smoke for 12 years and it was all but gone after two ninety minute sessions: I know hypnosis works for me.
Orange County has begun video arraignments broadcast from jail studios, eliminating the costly and time-consuming need to transport inmates for what is usually a routine proceeding.
Factors that should trigger a damage control approach in the operating theatre are temperature ≤34°C, pH ≤7.2, an inaccessible major venous injury, a need for time-consuming procedures in a patient with suboptimal response to resuscitation or inability to achieve haemostasis due to recalcitrant coagulopathy.
(Grade 1B) Other factors that should trigger a damage control approach are severe coagulopathy, hypothermia, acidosis, an inaccessible major anatomic injury, a need for time-consuming procedures or concomitant major injury outside the abdomen.
However, muscular power has been historically a time consuming measure for older adults and the need of sophisticated and expensive equipment has been necessary.
