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...cure Harvard of its paralysis? Basically, in order get Harvard to act effectively, we need to get the entire Ivy League and similar institutions moving in the same direction...
...body's own safe and highly effective sleeping potion. But lately Turek can't shake the feeling that the world has gone melatonin mad. Based on the flimsiest scientific evidence, the subject of his research is now being trumpeted in books and magazines and on television as a cure for everything from autism to aging to schizophrenia to a humdrum sex life...
...around professors, it has the same effect that the word "recruiting" has for seniors, or "MCATS" for juniors--it is just not pleasant to think about. Concerned about their future, professors must devote a large portion of their time to researching, writing, inventing, and finding the cure for AIDS and the rest of the world's diseases if they want a job next year. Undoubtedly, this puts enormous amounts of pressure on the professor but it most certainly affects and hurts the students...
Computer geeks heralded the triumph of the virtual office. One public relations firm sent out a fax crowing that all its employees had made it to work, since they all work at home. It should have included their cure for claustrophobia. Said a Connecticut mother to the New York Times, contemplating yet another snowed-in day with her kids: "Amanda and I are getting along. It's Jordan you are going to see hung up by her toenails...
...Food and Drug Administration recommended approval of a new drug treatment for multiple sclerosis patients that can slow the progression of the neurological disease. The advisors reported to the FDA that Avonex should be approved for sale because it slowed MS progression by 37 percent. "Although not a cure, it is a significant advancement in the treatment of this disease," says medical writer Christine Gorman. "People with MS will tell you that if they can't have a cure, anything that will extend the remission period is a big help. Because good treatment has been difficult for MS sufferers, many...