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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although endostatin might prevent blood vessels in the body other than those around a tumor from forming, Corey said normal adult tissue can remain healthy without angiogenesis. Only tumors would be adversely affected, he said...

Author: By Eli M. Alper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Trials For Anti-Cancer Drug Start | 10/20/1999 | See Source »

Like all children I once wanted to be older than I was. I remember I desired it with such obtuseness that when I overheard an adult comment that exercise makes children grow faster I spent an entire afternoon walking to and fro in a vain attempt to become eight sooner than scheduled. The extent of my folly eventually dawned on me, but years later I discovered that Einstein's special theory of relativity does predict that an observer moving quickly with respect to the surroundings is, in effect, travelling into the future. Of course for the effect to have been...

Author: By Alejandro Jenkins, | Title: The Misanthrope Turns Twenty | 10/20/1999 | See Source »

...Jeup's story-development team sketched out storyboards, the children's story slowly took on adult themes of mortality and immortality. "It deals with dying and abandonment, issues we all face," says Jeup. "Woody's choice is between his friends and immortality." Everyone had a say about plot and characters. The two female producers, Helene Plotkin and Karen Robert Jackson, insisted on a strong girl character--something lacking in the original. Joan Cusack signed on as the voice of Jessie the Cowgirl and turned the character into a showstopper--one with a lesson for Woody. "She knows what...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pixar Animation Studios: Home of the Toys | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

Candidate Alfred B. "Fred" Fantini said teachers need to adjust their styles to meet the needs of individual students, while incumbent Alice L. Turkel said students need adult mentors in their schools...

Author: By Edward B. Colby, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: School Committee Candidates Stress Importance of Technology | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

...that those who indulge are far more likely to develop certain kinds of cancer than nonsmokers. The tobacco giant?s web site, while still sprinkled liberally with friendly references to its Marlboro brand, now hosts a page entitled "Health Issues for Smokers." The text emphasizes free choice and adult responsibility, but also lays bare the causative link between smoking and disease, albeit in the words of the Food and Drug Administration, the World Health Organization and the U.S. Surgeon General...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Flash: Cigarettes Harmful to Your Health | 10/13/1999 | See Source »

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