Such primitive assemblages then divide easily into risk-prone foragers and risk-averse parents and nurses.

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Her recent books are Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages and A Sociology of Globalization.

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Since different assemblages of molecules have different characteristic frequencies, Turin proposed, these vibrations could act as a molecular signature.

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In the National Institutes of Health, we have one of the greatest assemblages of doctors and scientists in the world.

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To most of us, newly-elected Popes are assemblages of characteristics and quirks.

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These channels are cylindrical assemblages of protein molecules which help to control such things as the electrical activity of nerve cells and the release of hormones.

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German artist Isa Genzken was arguably better known in American art circles as the ex-wife of Gerhard Richter when Germany invited her at age 59 to show her quirky assemblages in Venice in 2007.

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The sketch, a preparatory drawing for one of the vertical box assemblages that were a frequent theme of Judd's work at the time, could easily be mistaken for a floor plan of the building, a series of stacked volumes one atop the other.

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Many note, for example, the influence, subtle or otherwise, of Axel Vervoordt, the acclaimed Belgian designer, who from his castle near Antwerp, and in revered books like "Timeless Interiors, " has popularized a mise-en-scene look of surprising (but tasteful) assemblages of art and antiques amidst light woods and neutral linens.

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