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Actually, Retin-A is a synthetic derivative of vitamin A called retinoic acid that was introduced in 1971 as a prescription medication for acne. Older patients began reporting an unexpected benefit: not only did their pimples disappear, but fine age lines, freckles and blotches faded or vanished as well. What is more, their skin took on a rosy, youthful glow. The drug's developer, Dermatologist Albert Kligman of the University of Pennsylvania, was at first skeptical of the claims. But about a decade ago, he began studies to determine the effects of Retin-A on sun-damaged skin. With...
...first, it sounded eerily like those stories about the Bermuda Triangle, that mysterious patch of water and air off the southeastern U.S. where planes and ships inexplicably disappear, never to be seen again. South African Airways Flight 295, bound for Johannesburg from Taipei, was ten minutes away from its scheduled landing on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius for refueling when the pilot radioed the control tower saying there was smoke in the cabin. The Boeing 747 was immediately cleared for an emergency instrument landing. Said Servan Sing, an air-traffic controller on Mauritius: "After that, we had no contact...
...Never apologize, never explain." That ancient macho motto may be the only bit of traditional wisdom Scottish Filmmaker Bill Forsyth believes in. The glory of his wee pictures (Gregory's Girl, Local Hero) is the way people appear out of nowhere, disappear without warning, and never discuss their motives for doing either. In his world no one has heard of Freud, let alone a well-made screenplay. They are, however, well prepared for life's little surprises...
Donato and Ciavaglia--two-thirds of Harvard's second line--also proved that nerves can suddenly disappear once the puck has been rolling around the ice for a while. Both freshmen picked up assists off Don Sweeney's late third-period goal. What a way to lash out against those first-game jitters...
...hardest hit of all last week were Wall Street's specialist firms, the traders who are charged with maintaining orderly markets. That task requires them to purchase stocks when there are no other buyers and to make sales when other sellers disappear. Until last week, a total of 52 specialist firms worked on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange; each handled the shares of 20 to 30 specified Big Board companies. On Black Monday, the specialists grimly fulfilled their responsibilities, buying millions of shares as prices plunged all around them. Their losses could amount to as much...