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...little-known Democratic challenger. This despite three strong points in her favor: her national popularity after aggressive tax-cutting early in her term, a well-received response to President Clinton's State of the Union address, and her status as one of the biggest draws on the Republican speakers' circuit. Although she'll probably win, Whitman will have to earn her victory the old-fashioned way: by first overcoming voter anger directed at her for rising property taxes and the highest automobile insurance rates in the nation...
...techniques are like two sides of a coin. In the first, Black applies a mild electric current to a part of the body--the wrist, for example--and then touches electrodes to exposed brain areas. It is like an electrician testing a circuit: wherever he picks up current, he knows he has a live connection, indicating that the tumor is entwined with eloquent brain and cannot just be cut out. Otherwise, he is touching inert tumor tissue. Conversely, with direct stimulation, Black applies the current to the tumor and sees if the body twitches in response...
...rest of the body. That is because neurons, or nerve cells, do not actually touch one another; they are separated by gaps known as synapses. When the electrical impulses that carry information through the nervous system reach the end of a neuron, they have nowhere to go. The circuit is broken...
...says Bart Frye, a patrone. Villegas did have fun with Cummings. She is said to have bought polo ponies from him; a good pony can sell for up to $20,000. She had fun too. By the beginning of this year the pair were often seen on the circuit holding hands. Through the summer, the couple played in matches side by side. In a game still dominated by men, the sight of Cummings, her blond hair flying out from beneath her helmet, was striking...
...sentenced Wednesday to two years of probation and 15 days in the Ingham County Jail. She began serving her sentence that day. Authorities will release Jones to go to class while she serves her jail time, Alicia Jones said. Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Carolyn Stell, who sentenced Jones, said it's common for students to be released to attend classes...