They say, for instance, that the water contained in the body causes by its currents the formation of the stomach and the other receptacles of food or of excretion; and that the breath by its passage breaks open the outlets of the nostrils; air and water being the materials of which bodies are made; for all represent nature as composed of such or similar substances.
Though its own merits are debatable, the bill's passage broke a long impasse in Congress, enabling discussions on energy and telecoms to resume.
Art's mind worked in this way, seizing a fundamental question that did not necessarily connect to the one before it (although I am sure he could explain the passage), breaking it down, clarifying it, not solving the puzzle but posing more questions.
The young Armstrong became popular through his ingenious ensemble lead and second cornet lines, his cornet duet passages (called "breaks") with Oliver, and his solos.
Disney said he had considered racing the wooden maxi yacht Windward Passage, which broke the course record in 1971, a result often called the Transpac's greatest performance.
Then the band rejoined for the final section, first in a slow, pastoral ensemble passage then breaking off in parts to produce short, birdlike phrases.
Just as you close-read a literary passage by breaking it down into smaller parts, you analyze an argument by examining elements of its form and manner of presentation.
Or as Runner's World described the president in one passage that broke decidedly from any feel-good tone: "His hair is plastered to his chest with sweat, he's gasping for air, and he's spitting and belching the way anyone might in an all-out race".
"It used to be a right of passage to break your arm climbing a tree," she said slightly wistfully, though was quick to point out they've never had a fall happen or made a claim on their $2,000-a-year 2,000-a-year 2,000-a-year
In longer passages the director breaks the voices up into syncopated fragments so that the descriptions of plague and threats of destruction sound like great old Roman Catholic chanted litanies, and the rhythm of the speech makes one pay sharper attention than usual to what the Theban crowd says and feels about the unfolding horror.
