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...with the stroke that left him paralyzed. Though Bauby was dependent on hospital staff and machinery for all his bodily functions, his brain remained unscathed. He soon discovered that the only muscle still under his control was his left eyelid. By telegraphing a series of blinks, Bauby let his nurses know that his mind was alive and well inside its immobile frame. They responded by reciting a special alphabet to him with the understanding that Bauby would blink at letters he wanted written down. Repeating the process resulted in words, sentences and entire discussions...
...paralysis to being "a working brain kept in a jar. " That was until the publication last week of his 137-page book, "Le scaphande et le papillion" ("The Diving Suit and The Butterfly), which the onetime chief editor for Elle wrote by using his still functioning left eyelid to blink out wor ds to an assistant. But for Bauby, his escape from the hated "jar" came too late. He died Sunday night in a hospital outside of Paris at the age of 44; the cause of death was not announced. It was an anticlimatic end to a life based...
...strange thing, being harassed. Beyond all the growing gay pride and gay visibility, it can make someone feel uncomfortable being gay in the blink of an eye. That's why the response to it must be so severe. The gay community is out and it is not going back in. Drunk or not drunk, next time think twice before making...
...that favor the use of force. The rebels have retained their bargaining power with a select group of hostages, including Peru's foreign minister, five congressmen, the former Supreme Court president, the ambassadors of Japan and Bolivia and a younger brother of Fujimori. But the President seems unwilling to blink. Even as a shot heard at the compound Tuesday was unexplained, the next breakthrough in the three-week test of wills could be truly shattering...
...very, very careful with objections to why you don't want to be on the cutting edge," says Professor of Business Administration Richard L. Nolan. "In a blink of an eye, you can find yourself someplace you don't want to be."GraphicShaw Y. ChenHarvard's Information Technology Bureaucracy Information technology is widely decentralized throughout the University, with each school coordinating its own planning efforts. The reorganization of the Office of Information Technology into University Information Systems placed it under the Provost's Office rather than the Office of the Vice President for Finance...