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Kennedy projected that this will give colleges across the country a total boost of $17.2 billion in scholarship money...
Using a slightly different approach, Dr. Alvaro Pascual-Leone at Harvard Medical School is beginning to see improvements in his stroke patients' speech. Instead of boosting activity in the compensating areas of the brain, Pascual-Leone is trying to disrupt the neural pathways that block recovery. "What the brain tries to do as a first-line response is to shut down activity in damaged areas," he explains. That gives the neurons that are only slightly damaged a chance to recover before coming back online. But in some stroke patients, the inhibitory network never lets up. By weakening those neurons with...
...chrome surface, the movie seems to have all the right parts: a top-dollar cast, writing crew, and animation budget. But it regrettably squanders all of it. Its few attempts at trite comedy give a well-assembled cast no direction or boost of energy. The fact that the writing team of Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel (responsible for A League of Their Own and Parenthood) couldn’t give good material to Williams and Brooks doesn’t bode well...
...don’t bring this up to make us all feel special; an ego boost is the last thing most of us need. I bring it up to remind you that, in all likelihood, you will never again be surrounded by 6,500 people who can teach and challenge you more than the people who live within a square mile of you right...
...given the dominance of national politics, there is a simple and effective way to boost participation in local elections: put local elections on the same ballot as national elections. A single local and national election day (when possible) has several advantages...