Word: aarons
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Most know that pitcher Al Dowling served up Hank Aaron's record-breaking 715th homerun. But can you name the pitcher who surrendered the homer that tied Aaron with the immortal Babe at number...
...some were hypnotized, others were told to look at an aquarium full of fish, and the rest sat quietly for 20 minutes. The first two groups experienced the least discomfort. Surprisingly, watching fish was as effective as being hypnotized. Why animals are so soothing is still a mystery. Psychiatrist Aaron Katcher of the University of Pennsylvania speculates that stroking animals and talking to them stimulates < the brain's production of its pleasure chemicals, the endorphins...
Harvard library officials said they have been working on a system similar to the one at MIT, but the earliest the network will be completed is 1989. Aaron said it took MIT slightly more than four years to complete its system, which Harvard officials said is geared toward a library collection much smaller than Harvard...
...million volumes in the MIT libraries, more than 300,000 have been recorded into the catalog system, and a thousand more are being added each week, Aaron said...
...books MIT has obtained since 1974 are accessible through the on-line system, Aaron said. It will be more than two years before the computerized system will include all materials MIT has acquired since 1964, she said...