Such a statement would seem shocking were it not for the deep consideration that the three-time World Press Photo winner has given to it.
The entire affair was cloaked in the ritualism and reverence of a religious ceremony and might have been dismissed as harmless, though a bit blasphemous, were it not for its deeper purpose.
The endearingly scrawny lead singer could easily be mistaken an I.T. tech who broke free of his keyboard and grabbed a microphone, were it not for his surprisingly deep baritone wailing over heavy, rolling drums.
This latest salvo in an ongoing nerd battle would be all fun and games were it not for Thiel's deep involvement with the incoming Trump Administration first on the campaign trail, and then as an adviser to the President-elect on technology.
Were it not for the whistle-blower, a Deep Throat ex machina, R. J. Reynolds's coded language of age discrimination not long out of college, not too much experience in the field would have stayed buried.
US is superior to palpation and has been widely used in the assesment of cervical lymphnode status, but it is not reliable for deep nodes (e.g., retropharyngeal nodes) because of its limited penetration into deeper layers.
But these shackles could be borne if it were not for the deeper disquiet.
It's more stressful, and it is not for everybody, but requires deep trust and this fantastic communication in the moment – eye contact, the finger-flutter gesture – and he stretches and tests us to the maximum, more than we ever have been tested or ever will be.
Refined, it is much more bland-tasting, and smokes at 240C/465F, so while it's still not great for deep-frying, it will do handsomely in any Mediterranean-style meal.
While this is done routinely by scaling foreshore bathymetry in coastal engineering physical model studies, and is not significant for deep water scenarios, this is not always considered when testing marine renewable energy devices, which are often in intermediate depth.
With their stereotypically Adams-like settings and subjects, they would be seen as second-rate imitations if it weren't for their color; deep purples, reds, and greens turn these cliché, if beautiful, landscapes into trippy color fields, putting a new and queer spin on conventions of classic photography.
