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That's the message of The Potato Eaters , with its little glinting lamp illuminating the darkness and its loaded juxtaposition on the background wall of ticking clock and Crucifixion, time and eternity.
“There will always be a need for new antibiotics because the clock starts ticking on the useful lifetime of any antibiotic once you start to use it.
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who reportedly was ticking him off for not being tough enough on the Serbs on the Kosovo issue (see Slate 's "The Week/The Spin" for more on the situation in Kosovo).
There I found a watch with hands that suited me, made my purchase, and left, but a question was still ticking within: analog watch ? Presumably, the analog refers to measuring time by an analog, with hands and a circular face, rather than by the more scientific-looking digital system.
The Enquirer also warns that Monica Lewinsky is a " 'ticking time bomb' of self-destruction," at risk of either suicide or blimping up, according to one of the publication's favorite psychiatrists, Dr. Carole Lieberman of Beverly Hills.