Word: dame
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...Crimson finished with a 6-1 Ivy record to claim the crown and finished off the season by hosting a NCAA Tournament regional at the Beren Tennis Center, where it lost in the first round to Notre Dame...
...bless the nuns of the Order of the School Sisters of Notre Dame for having the foresight and brains (available for study) to help us aging baby boomers better understand the devastating illness of Alzheimer's [HEALTH, May 14]. Having just turned 50, showing symptoms of my family's history of heart disease and with slight problems with memory recall, I plan on following the findings of David Snowdon's study. Thanks to all the nuns who had the courage to participate so that people like me may have the opportunity to age with health and grace. J. KAREN KUGELMAN...
...Former pupils of the School Sisters of Notre Dame wrote us about how their teachers' contribution to the Alzheimer's study reflected the nuns' tradition of inspirational guidance. "The sisters' involvement in the Nun Study reminds me of the help and encouragement they gave me in school," wrote a Texas woman. "It doesn't surprise me in the least that they have responded so generously to the study," a Chicago woman noted. "It's just like them to keep on giving." Said a New Yorker: "It's no wonder the nuns are donating their brains, since they gave their hearts...
...panned out so well. It makes sense that antioxidants like vitamin E and vitamin C, which soak up cell-damaging "free-radical" molecules in the body, would protect against cell destruction. Although vitamin E looked promising in an earlier study, neither substance had an obvious effect on the Notre Dame sisters. Nor, on the other side of the equation, did mercury or aluminum in the diet, both of which had been implicated in earlier studies as possible triggers for Alzheimer...
...that may predict or contribute to Alzheimer's disease. He could sit each sister down right now and tell her what her chances are. But should he? As he has all along, Snowdon will put his dilemma to the sisters themselves: next month he will meet with the Notre Dame leadership to discuss whether to break the news to the high-risk nuns--and how to answer the inevitable questions about what they might do to prevent or slow down the disease...