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...Alan E. Heimert '49 had only been recently toiling away as a junior faculty member and had just received tenure as the Cabot Professor of American Literature, along with taking the reins of Eliot House in 1968 as its master. Heimert would lead the Committee of Fifteen, an administrative body which decided the fate of the most egregious offenders...
...Alan E. Heimert, 1969 became a crucial turning point not because of the causes it represented, but rather, because of the administrative load it created. Heimert, both stepping into the relatively new shoes of tenured professor and Eliot master, was having his time pulled out from under his feet...
...tucked-away corner of Eliot House, Cabot Professor of American Literature Alan E. Heimert '49 still holds court in his office, which-like the great scholar himself-hearkens back to an earlier...
...partly responsible, the research team--which included Ian Wilmut, Dolly's creator--may have discovered another factor. The more time a clone embryo spent in a test tube before transfer to a womb, the shorter the clone's telomeres. "In culture, cells go through 20 divisions," says research director Alan Colman. "That's a significant percentage of the 150 they go through in a lifetime...
There are a multitude of causes, including normal aging, poor dental hygiene, infections and viruses, exposure to toxic fumes, and head trauma. "It's much easier to prevent than to treat," says Dr. Alan Hirsch, neurological director of Chicago's Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation. "I always encourage people to wear seat belts to avoid head trauma. Avoid use of cigarettes. Avoid use of illegal drugs like cocaine." Marcia Levin Pelchat, a researcher at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, offers a simple piece of advice: "Stay healthy." Elderly people who are healthy have better flavor perception than...