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...Oklahoma!" She became a photographer's assistant (to first husband Mitch Epstein), then an award-winning documentary filmmaker before turning feature-film director at 30. Today she's also a producer, a film professor at Columbia University and a horticulturist so fanatical that it's beginning to affect her day job. "They've rewritten the script for [author Nick Hornby's] Fever Pitch, and I love it," she says. "They've signed Drew Barrymore. But they want to do it next month, and I have to return to my garden. They can't believe that's the reason...
...ravages of molecules called free radicals, which can damage DNA. Another set directs the creation of proteins called chaperones; they help other proteins fold into their proper shapes. They also detect and destroy improperly folded proteins that can cause such aging-related ailments as Huntington's disease. Other genes affect the transport of fat around the body--which may also have an effect on aging--and create proteins that kill invading microbes. "It's like an orchestra," says Kenyon. "The conductor is the hormones. You have the flutes as the antioxidant genes. The violins would be the chaperones, the cellos...
...interesting to read the article by Joe Klein "Inside the Mind of John Kerry" [Aug. 2]. I am ecstatic that there is a candidate for the presidency who uses some discernment when making a decision, who considers every angle of an issue before taking action that will affect millions of people and the stability of nations. If Kerry had had the same decisions to make as George W. Bush did about dealing with a perceived terrorist threat from Iraq, it is probable that the risk would have been properly evaluated and mitigated with the cooperation of the world community. JANE...
According to the poll, 28 percent of people on Medicare indicated that the passage of the new law would have an effect on the November elections. But a larger number, 38 percent, said it would affect their Congressional vote...
...think the most important implication from this is that there’s a lot of work to be done from a public education standpoint to get people to understand how this law will affect them personally and the kind of choices they’ll have to make in 15 months,” Brodie said...