Shea begins collecting his introductory thoughts in April, mostly in the mornings, while on the treadmill.
Waiting to welcome extraterrestrial visitors outside Walker Air Force Base in Roswell, N.M., he prepares some introductory thoughts: "I will tell them, 'You are not alone.' " (That's maybe a cross between a tag line for a big sci-fi movie and a Stephen Sondheim song?) Three visits with this fellow are at least two too many, despite Mr. Bahorek's fervent performance.
(Adding insult to injury in that world, Dr. Wagner also wrote a Foreword, "Redemption from Wagner the Redeemer: some introductory thoughts on Wagner's anti-Semitism," to my memoir, Confessions of a Jewish Wagnerite).
Following these introductory lines of thought we designed this study with the aim to analyze thyroid function parameters (fT3, fT4, TSH) and thyroid antibodies together with determinations of serum magnesium, zinc, selenium, and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) in patients undergoing IVF procedures.
This introductory paper presents some thoughts about problems to be solved and the possible directions of research.
Sculptor Richard Deacon, who has spent the last couple of years selecting this show, starts his introductory essay with the simple thought that all drawing is, in some sense, abstract.
Finally, guest editor and former Next Wave editor Crispin Taylor--he Taylor--he Taylor--heirector of ASPB (and the author of this introductory essay)--offers some additional thoughts on plants, people, professional societies, and other topics.
If I inspire just a handful of my introductory students to think a new thought or feel a new feeling, my course will have been a success, for those students will have discovered the power of imagination.
That thought was echoed in my introductory conversation with Krystyna Olesky, the deputy director who has worked there for 20 years.
PDS Ancient Warfare: A Very Short Introduction, by Harry Sidebottom (Oxford, £6.99) I am addicted to this series of pocket-portable introductory lectures - they provoke active and reactive thought, as encyclopedia entries once did.
This introductory article lays out the various schools of thought and areas of concern that have occupied this vibrant field of philosophy for the past forty years.
