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Noah is 35 now and has been living in institutions since he was 18. My parents visit him every weekend at the state-run Fairview Developmental Center in Costa Mesa, Calif. I go whenever I am in town. (Currently I live in Hong Kong.) We bring Noah his favorite foods: sushi, fresh fruit and Japanese crackers and take him for a walk or a ride. Sometimes he lashes out at me. Spitting. Scratching. Pulling hair. But he knows me; I can tell by the wary squint he gives me. We're brothers, after...
...wrinkles for years with face-lifts and now laser and chemical peels, which burn away the epidermis and 50 to 100 microns of dermis, resulting in fresh skin growth. What's new is the emergence of "nonablative" lasers and light sources, including Cool Touch, manufactured by ICN Pharmaceuticals of Costa Mesa, Calif., and IPL (Intense Pulsed Light), made by Lumenis of Santa Clara, Calif. Both technologies, when used by a skilled physician, avoid even temporary damage to the epidermis and leave few if any telltale signs. For that reason--and because quick sessions can be scheduled before work or during...
...Nikka Costa, third up, came across as an out-of-place flavour of the month sandwiched between seasoned performers. Not that both she and her band don’t ooze talent, but she seemed unsure where to go with her wrecking-ball of a voice after hitting top gear halfway through her second song. The band rushed around between instruments, but the effect was gimmicky, and the breakneck shifts from R&B to thrashing rock chords were more disorienting than exhilarating...
...Jennifer T. Cohen ’02 stayed home last week, still traumatized by an experience she had during spring break of her freshman year that involved a donkey, three Costa Rican midgets and the egregious misuse of a toaster oven...
This year, 200 students from schools in Panama, Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica and the United States will descend on Managua, the Nicaraguan capital, to play the roles of legislators and diplomats...