Von Trier, working in a rigorously formal style, and adding his own intellectual intricacy to the narrative, couldn't be farther from the glazed single-mindedness of a routine porn director.
That is in contrast to earlier generations of robots that often required extensive programming to change the smallest details of their routine, said Henrik Christensen, director of the robotics program at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Based on data from 1968, when immunization was still routine, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, predicted that for every million people vaccinated today, there would be 14 to 52 life-threatening reactions.
"The work rarely becomes routine," says Dirk Loeffert, senior director of research North America and senior director for research and development at Qiagen's Technology Center Modification/Amplification in Hilden, Germany.
Beyond such routine expectations, the great director is identified for a unique or ingenious approach to the medium.
But what really hurts him is that, forced to rest from his normally hectic routine of scriptwriting, the director has spent his convalescence watching the news.
The long trip to Japan was a challenge to those who tend to thrive on routine, said Janet Riley, the director of North East.
" 'It's not about his talent, he needs to learn how to work.' " Toward the end of his freshman year, Waiters got into a treadmill routine with Ryan Cabiles, the director of strength and conditioning at Syracuse.
"The philosophy of the majors in recent years has been to run the rigs for cash, and repair things as they've failed, rather than perform routine maintenance," said David Hobbs, director for exploration and production strategies at Cambridge Energy Research Associates.
"A lot of it is pretty routine," said Mary M. Huth, assistant director of rare books and special collections at the University of Rochester, which houses Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's papers and where his biographer, Richard Norton Smith, spent months doing research.
