Word: alavi
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...letter to the editors (Jan. 5), Cheryl Alavi called The Crimson's criticism of the "Cops In Shops" program "inconceivable." Unfortunately, she has missed the point. What is truly inconceivable is the attitude which an out-of-touch, older generation is taking toward underage drinking...
...Alavi wrote, "To describe Scott Krueger's death as a result of unsafe party and fraternity environments rather than underage alcohol abuse suggests that the writers spend more time writing editorials than they do researching facts." It seems to me that she is the one who is spending too much time writing and not enough time researching. Surely you cannot tell me that Scott Krueger's fatal error was being underage. Simply put, he drank too much. And whether he was 15 or 50, he would have had to deal with the same consequences. MICHAEL S. ROIFF...
...angered and disappointed, though not at the Cops in Shops program. Instead, I am hopeful you will reconsider your capricious opinion. Cheryl Alavi, Cambridge Licensee Advisory Board
However it happens, scientists know that acupuncture produces measurable changes in the brain. Some of the most compelling evidence presented last week was a series of brain scans taken by Dr. Abass Alavi, chief of nuclear medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. Alavi's images showed dramatic changes in regions of the central nervous system that coordinate the perception of pain. "Acupuncture definitely changed the landscape of pain we see in the brain," Alavi told the panel...
...Alavi, who also serves as food and beverage director at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Cambridge, sympathized with the Grille in its struggle to detect fake...