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...repair torn nerves in eight-month-old Rodrigo Cervantes Corona's left shoulder and arm, doctors took 3 ft. of neural tissue from his mother's legs and tracked it from the right side of his body to his left hand. The transplanted nerves act as a conduit to allow the baby's undamaged right-hand nerves to grow over to his left side. The mother will feel a bit of numbness on each side of her feet for the rest of her life...
...Secretary to the ultra-secretive Harvard Corporation, Goodheart is the administrative mastermind behind the search. He's a key aide and confidante to the members of the presidential search committee, planning its meetings and serving as a conduit between Rudenstine, the Corporation, the Board of Overseers and the deans...
...with the OWL staff monthly and lost about 2 lbs. every five weeks, progress Ludwig described as "just right." (OWL stresses a different way of eating and living, not rapid, extreme weight loss.) With a structure and system behind her--psychologist Sagarin even offered to serve as a conduit between the family and Wayne's school--Bernadette became better able to help her son. Last summer Kevin Sibley, a mentor at a local YMCA, picked Wayne to join Sports Scholars, a physically demanding daily program for young boys. In a journal that Sibley required, Wayne drew an early picture...
...four adopted tykes of her own, recently opened a Rosie Adoptions office in New Jersey, and she already claims responsibility for 39 adoptions, including one for former Charlie's Angels star Kate Jackson. Says Jackson: "I call Rosie my son's 'angel mom,' because God used her as the conduit to bring him to me." Those angel puns never...
...without clearance, the ambassador can do no work. Indyk cannot even walk around the State Department or his own embassy without an escort. Israeli officials fear his absence will damage the Middle East peace process, in which he was intensely involved. Prime Minister Ehud Barak considers him a trusted conduit for exchanges with Washington. Albright defends her decision. "Ambassadors have a responsibility to protect classified documents," she told TIME. But the crackdown could make doing their job more difficult...