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Harvard (26-10, 17-4 Ivy) saw its last tuneup before the crucial Ivy League title series this weekend in Princeton, N.J. washed away by inclement weather...

Author: By Zachary T. Ball, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ill-Fated Beanpot Rained Out; Baseball Awaits Ivy Championships | 5/8/1998 | See Source »

...Increasing ties with the global economy is crucial to sustaining economic growth," she said...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Rice Pitches U.S.--Africa Policy In Light of Presidential Visit | 5/6/1998 | See Source »

...more nugget of possibly boring but crucial biochemistry: the erectile tissue in the penis has a finite number of receptors for cyclic GMP. This means that a normally functioning man with adequate levels of the chemical shouldn't get any more bang for his buck by gobbling Viagra; the variations anyone feels in his or her sexual response are due to factors outside the drug's purview. At the same time, Pfizer hasn't done any testing of the drug on nonimpotent men to prove the point, but it's hard to imagine that biochemical nitpicking is going to stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Viagra Craze | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

Moore believes that Mary has bipolar disorder--most people know it as manic depression--an illness with a raft of possible symptoms, from irritability to hypersexuality. Moore theorizes that "psychosocial stressors" in Mary's life--the most crucial being the news of her father's cancer--tipped a disorder that had been mild and all but unnoticed into depression followed by a nervous breakdown. "I think she was very interested in this boy, and she had often extended relationships with students after school," Moore says. "But by [June 1996], she was overly elated, highly revved up and nearly delusional." Moore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Matter Of Hearts | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

Emily's study had several crucial misinterpretations and misrepresentations of the therapeutic-touch process. The number of people tested was inadequate. Underlying the study is a gross misunderstanding of TT. It is not done with only the hands; it is an interiorized process called into being by compassion for someone who is in need and is coupled with a deep-seated, knowledgeable intentionality. The technique used in Emily's study comes close to being a parlor trick and in no way resembles TT either in concept or in practice. One wonders what was behind a respected medical journal's publication...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 4, 1998 | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

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