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ANATOLI BERESLOV Neurologist The young boy's weary eyes light up the moment Anatoli Bereslov, director of Moscow's first cerebral palsy rehabilitation center, approaches the teenager's bed. "You look well, my young one," he says. The compliment motivates the boy to sit up, despite his pain. Bereslov, a former professor of neurology, has inspired many such acts of courage since he became director of the center, opened 21 months ago. His respect for his patients and unpretentious attitude are the best therapy. Doctors with such convictions are rare in Russia's crumbling national health system. "When I first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Triumph of the Spirit | 12/7/1992 | See Source »

...three-year veteran of the council and a member of the executive board, he is as much a council big-wig as Heinicke. The Crimson endorses Duncan simply because he seems like a nice guy. Never mind that Heinicke seems better suited to lead the council (not necessarily a compliment...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: The Staff Is Wrong | 10/17/1992 | See Source »

...brother well. He is, after all, a blood relation. I'll compliment my parents on the adorable little home they're running--I'll definitely recommend it to my friends. And I'll be sure to inform my family that "no thank you, a wake-up call won't be necessary...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Hotel Nebraska | 6/3/1992 | See Source »

...hail to the man whose films were too bad to be bad. He has finally inspired a work worthy of his ambitions. Delirious and horrifying -- and All True! -- Nightmare of Ecstasy is better than any Ed Wood film. No, the book deserves a higher compliment: it's worse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World's Worst Director | 6/1/1992 | See Source »

...immersion programs back home or upon arrival in the U.S. have the same learning patterns and achievement characteristics. That might account for the steady stream of visitors to Great Falls elementary, especially from Japan. Now that country has paid the young students of its own language the ultimate compliment: Japan wants to establish similar partial- immersion programs in elementary schools -- using English...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: (Is That Correct?) In a handful of American schools, first-graders are discovering math and science -- in Japanese | 4/20/1992 | See Source »

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