Regular drum sets were complemented or replaced by bits of percussion that sounded like garbage cans being knocked together.
The perceived problem is that for the first 600m years of its existence, the planet was being bombarded by bits of debris left over from the formation of the solar system.
Hindsight and improved medical science has shown that during my short stay in Kabul, I contracted Borrelia bacteria (strains of which in the US cause "Lyme Disease") from ticks, which fell off mice that scampered over my feet during sleep, attracted probably by the bits of sweets given to me lovingly by Madaar (Mother), which I kept in my suitcase under the bed.
As measured by pure bits-per-second, Michael, at his peak, processed more information than anyone else.
Both vaccines work by inserting bits of HIV DNA into the human immune system using an innocuous virus.
Until recently, one way the space agency dealt with overspending was by shifting bits of its budget around.
And despite mixed reviews, the Elle Macpherson-hosted show manages an innovative feel by borrowing bits and pieces from existing series.
Just after the American raid on Abbottabad in 2011 that killed bin Laden, Pakistan stepped up efforts to secure its nuclear weapons, by dispersing bits of them around the country.
There are 800 miniature facsimiles of various inventors' dreams, once required by the U.S. Patent Office, all equipped with their original patent tags, attached by tiny bits of government-issued red ribbon.
That kind of harmless hacking was channeled into a variety of competitions at the conference, including a lockpicking contest and a game of capture the flag, in which teams earned points by stealing bits of each other's data.
It does so by biting off bits of the glucagon-like peptide-1 or GLP-1 hormone.
Playing is free, but users can get ahead by buying extra bits and bobs.
War, famine, cruelty, disease and suffering will not be eradicated by mips, bits or bytes, even if things improve at the margin.
Two years later, at least six people taking part in a religious procession in Barcelona were blown to bits by an anarchist bomb.
That is, they produce a stream of electrons (electricity) by forcing two bits of charged material, say nickel and cadmium, to exchange electrons.
The government could then separate bad assets from good, appoint new managers and reprivatise the cleaned-up bits by selling them to investors (ideally, including some foreigners).
In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits by Chris Anderson is from January 2010, but it is perhaps more relevant and on the mark today.
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Although the fledgling platform has some speed and stability problems, and its application programming interface (the means by which other bits of software plug into it) is not yet complete, collaboration experts are excited.
He must have enjoyed reading them, especially the bits written by the quite famous people.
They can also sharpen up business performance, by snapping up neglected bits of conglomerates and running them as independent businesses.
France or at least its president wants to salvage what it can by cherry-picking bits that can be passed into law without another referendum.
And, by opening up select bits of these programs to outside software developers, Google Chief Schmidt thinks he can create a monster new computer industry, with Google at its core.
There was pessimism about prospects for getting anything back, except by buying it in bits and pieces on the black market, but a small team of curators arrived in Baghdad six months after the ceasefire.
They were impressed by the way Knowsley gave users of its social services a say in their running, and by the way different bits of the council worked together and co-operated with other local agencies such as the police.
When, in 1919, Ataturk set out to turn Asia Minor into a modern nation state, he was opposed not only by the Allied armies which had occupied important bits of it, but also by the imperial government that employed him.
The work that was done to put the case together was done primarily by analysts gathering tiny bits of information, putting it together and creating a body of work, if you will, that led to the finding of the location where Osama bin Laden was hiding.
The page of bits is read by aiming the reference beam at the given location.
By figuring out how likely bits of DNA are to switch place, scientists can order them.
The oil world is gripped by the possibility that vital bits of Saudi oil infrastructure will be targeted.
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