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...recent advances in brain science, it shouldn't surprise that the riddle of dreaming hasn't been cracked. "We still don't know why we sleep, let alone why we dream," says Dorothy Bruck, professor of psychology at Melbourne's Victoria University. It seems commonsensical that sleep is a restorative phase for brain and body, and there's some evidence that the effects of sleep deprivation are the result of minor brain damage that would normally be repaired when we're asleep. But despite their best efforts, scientists have been unable to pinpoint what's going on in sleep that...
...able to control the course of events-a phenomenon that strengthens the case for higher-brain involvement in dream construction. The lucid dreamer can apparently apply certain techniques to prolong the dream and take it in delightful directions. "The experiences are so convincing," says Victoria University's Bruck, "it seems as if another level of reality exists...
...Wolff says in a phone interview, citing Kirchner’s seminars as a highlight of his undergraduate career. But Wolff found the student-led recitals even more stimulating, and decided his true passion lay in performance. Wolff trekked to Paris immediately after graduation to study conducting with Charles Bruck. He returned to the U.S. for graduate school and a 12-year stint leading the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in Minneapolis, the nation’s only full-time professional chamber orchestra. The conductor’s penchant for continent-hopping never faded. In 2000, Wolff moved his family...
...what Reno and Clinton asked for, an outside study to be done by the National Institute for Justice, has not begun and has not even been put out for bid. "You need to go deep and look at the whole way cases get picked for federal prosecution," said David Bruck, an attorney who assists lawyers in federal capital cases. "Why are they almost all minority defendants...
...whether the advisory committee will eventually give a positive recommendation to the planning board, Bruck said, "There seems to be a more positive response than I would have thought...