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Ever wonder why so many students get up at 5 a.m. only to throw themselves at the mercy of the cold, polluted Charles River? The mysterious allure of rowing is the subject of Mind Over Water: Lessons on Life from the Art of Rowing, a new book by Craig Lambert '69. However, a fully satisfactory answer to this question is not to be found in this book. Lambert sets out to make the ordinary extraordinary and winds up doing so in an ordinary way. The book is an autobiographical account of his rowing career, which he extends into life lessons...
...many of the researchers whose work contributed to the frenzy are worried that their findings are being misinterpreted by the public. "The breathtaking PET scans of babies' brains have fueled a kind of anxiety that is unwarranted," says Craig Ramey, a cognitive neuroscientist at the University of Alabama, referring to the imaging technology that vividly depicts areas of high and low brain activity. "Parents may be conveying to their children a franticness about doing everything right." University of Chicago psychology professor Janellen Huttenlocher, who reported correlations between the size of toddlers' vocabularies and how much their mothers talk to them...
...tamoxifen at any time. Tamoxifen does not wear out as a preventive after five years; in fact, it "imprints" the breast and protects women for years after they stop taking it. There are, however, fewer side effects for younger women than for older women. It's a balance. V. CRAIG JORDAN, PH.D. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center Chicago...
...seen or read) as anti-Catholic and a "contribution to hate-speech." The League and several free-speech groups plan to demonstrate on opening night. Meanwhile, those who excoriated the theater for its timidity are now praising it. "I think it's a brave thing they're doing," says Craig Lucas (Prelude to a Kiss). Braver still would be for everyone to cool off and just watch the play...
...such low prices has spawned even more consortiums eager to be top dogs in the satellite-Internet communications business. The most ambitious venture is Teledesic, founded in 1990 by deep-pocket investors including Microsoft CEO Bill Gates, Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal (with a 13.7% stake), and cellular pioneer Craig McCaw, who is the chairman and co-chief executive. Motorola, after a frosty initial reaction to the project, dropped its own system, Celestri, and joined in with $750 million for a 26% stake. Once jeered as the most starry-eyed start-up ever, the $9 billion Teledesic project has lately...