For four millennia, and well into the 1950s, medical practice had been governed by expert opinion, and treatments were at best placebos, pharmacologically inert substances, or at worst filled the cemeteries.
This can feel like the best of seasons -- filled with love, joy, and possibilities -- or the worst, filled with the frustration of buying presents, being bombarded with advertisements for things we do not need or cannot afford, and national news stories of tragedy and grief.
Even in these self-restrained pages, it has been impossible to avoid the end-of-the-decade accountings of the 10 best such-and-suches and the 10 worst fill-in-the-blanks.
— Olivia (@livlivinglife) 29 Oct 13 @nytimestravel And the worst of the worst: Jr high/HS trips filling the entire plane, taking flash photo "selfies" and playing loud games.
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are filled with a passionate intensity.
Mr. Gao has written a book drenched in the specifics of political turmoil in China, when, to paraphrase Yeats, the best lacked all convictions, while the worst were filled with passionate intensity.
(Perhaps it's as Yeats once wrote, "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are filled with passionate intensity").
Yeats had this right when he said "The best lack all conviction, while the worst are filled with passionate intensity".
Dr. Ponganis said the added pressure in the circulatory system radiated through the lungs and could force blood vessels and capillaries in the lungs to burst and bleed — in the worst case, slowly filling the lungs with blood.
New York City officials prepared for the worst, with police officers filling gas tanks of their patrol cars and extra patrol men being called to duty in advance of the hurricane.
