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...psychopharmacologist Walter Muller, it appears to affect the brain in the same way Prozac does--by prolonging the activity of the mood-enhancing brain chemical serotonin. This is the same neurotransmitter acted on by the controversial diet pills fen-phen and Redux (see following story). But hypericum has much broader activity. In rats and mice, at least, it extends the action of at least two other powerful brain chemicals that are thought to play a role in depression: dopamine and norepinephrine. In each case, hypericum appears to work not by stimulating the release of the neurotransmitters, but by preventing their...
...meant, explains a senior U.S. diplomat, that "she would go to focus on the broader political initiative once we saw progress on the security issues." An Albright visit was held out to the Palestinians as a reward for shutting down the Islamists. That didn't happen, and now, as far as the Israelis are concerned, that's the whole purpose of her trip. "I think she realized that waiting for a sufficient crackdown was not going to suffice," says David Bar-Illan, Netanyahu's director of communications and policy planning. "We want progress on this issue...
...death has refocused attention on her efforts to wipe out anti-personnel land mines. Last week Pentagon officials lamented that her demise could make it harder to keep a tiny but key portion of the U.S. mine arsenal. While most of the Pentagon grudgingly acceded to President Clinton's broader proposed ban on such mines, the elite Army GREEN BERETS and Navy SEALS are voicing private concerns that the accord the White House wants could strip a lifesaving weapon from their webbed belts. It is the aptly named "pursuit denial munition," a grenade-size explosive that when thrown...
Consider proctor Joel Derfner '95, who was removed from his post before the end of last year for attending a party at which underage students were drinking alcohol. Though Derfner admits he sometimes took liberties with the rules, he says he did so out of a broader concern for the relationships he had with his students...
...course it's not superstition that his clients are paying for. It's his numbers. Cramer runs a hedge fund, a Wall Street investment vehicle for superrich investors looking for hyperterrific returns in all sorts of economic weather. While most investors bet on the broader market or particular stocks, wealthy clients want to protect their pile by "hedging" their risk with funds that adjust to economic conditions as fast as the market changes. With stocks teetering at record highs, demand for that sort of insurance is blossoming. The best hedge funds have become as exclusive as Augusta National...