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...began to give school books to all school children of the state, so as to get them in the schools and cure illiteracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Oct. 5, 1983 | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...real adventures of our world are those of the mind: the struggle to put a man on the moon or to find a cure for cancer. The lone researcher is the real hero. Reckless risk takers perform a few extraordinary feats of jumping or climbing and then spend the rest of their lives talking about them in bars. The feats of scientists or anyone concerned with the human dilemma live on indefinitely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 19, 1983 | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

...painful post-mortem of the previous hour and 15. Early shares in selected cities averaged about 8 compared with Carson's 20. Advertisers apparently remain confident: according to Silverman, national spots are already sold out through March. But to relieve late-night audience ennui, the show must first cure its own schizophrenia. Notes Thicke: "It will take about six to eight weeks to find a groove that is comfortable. Variety is fine, but we have a little too much variety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video: And Now, Heeeeere's Alan! | 9/19/1983 | See Source »

...with fetal cell implants to relieve symptoms resembling Parkinson's disease in humans. The implanted cells are capable of producing dopamine, a vital brain chemical lacking in the afflicted rats and in Parkinson's patients. Such techniques used with humans, some researchers believe, may lead to a cure for Parkinson's disease within five to ten years. Eventually, it may also become possible to repair the spinal cords of paraplegics and regenerate parts of the extensively damaged brains of patients with Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's chorea, multiple sclerosis and other degenerative disorders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Brain Healing | 8/8/1983 | See Source »

...labor. They also attend indoctrination lectures. No talk about the self is allowed. The whole program is tinged with a sense of resignation: things are the way they are, and all we can do is get on with life and do the best we can. Morita practitioners claim a cure rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Increasing Signs of Stress | 8/1/1983 | See Source »

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