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...hardest tasks for an actor is living up to a title like "the next Jimmy Stewart" or "the next Kate Hepburn." Such comparisons are flattering, of course, but they put the actor in a bind. When one is trying to create one's own individual piece of dramatic history, it is discouraging to be thought of as aping someone else, especially if that someone else is an unmatchable figure in his own right...
...focused his search on the crippled central brain tissue where those chemicals normally originate, hoping to find a large accumulation of an abnormal protein that was inflicting the damage. Using monoclonal antibodies, which bind to specific proteins and thus act like biological homing pigeons, the Einstein researchers eventually isolated and identified A-68. Subsequent autopsies, as well as two rare brain biopsies of living Alzheimer's patients, confirmed that A-68 is unique to the disease, and further tests showed it can be found in spinal fluid...
...more than fireworks bind the Harvard of 1986 with the Harvard of 2136. The callous ambition of the student body and the callous indifference of University faculty and administrators of 150 years ago remain...
...stock last summer and in October got Government permission to increase Loews' holdings to as much as 25% of CBS's voting stock. But Tisch, who now has a seat on the CBS board of directors, reportedly refused the company's request to sign a standstill agreement that would bind him to the 25% limit. Last week his holdings reached 24.9% of common stock (though less than 24% of voting stock), causing concern at CBS that Tisch may be readying a move to take control of the company...
Still, even before last week's specially scheduled get-together between the two Presidents at the White House, Washington had agreed to mend fences by focusing on the bilateral issues that bind the two countries rather than on the problems that set them apart. "The Americans called and virtually asked us what we would like to have happen during the meetings," said a close aide to De la Madrid before the meeting. "We are very encouraged because they have never behaved in this way before...