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...eloquent memoir about his father's struggle with Alzheimer's--Hard to Forget (Random House, $25)--writer Charles Pierce describes his dismay at the often savage sparring among scientists that he witnessed firsthand. It made him "want to throw things," he writes, "to scream at all these brilliant people that I didn't care a damn about which one of them got to be first as long as someone was." And yet, as Tanzi observes in his soon to be published account of the Alzheimer's wars--Decoding Darkness (Perseus, $26)--there is another way to look at the extreme...
Vice-President and General Counsel Anne Taylor, the University's head lawyer, also expressed dismay at the delay...
...very proud of the company and tells me that he joined on February 14, the day the company started. I congratulate him on being its oldest employee, making him blush. My stint with manual labor does not last long. I am sent back upstairs to my keeper's dismay. "Deja! (Already!)" she cries incredulously. "I don't think he had room for me on the team," I reply...
...dismay of campus leaders, the report recommended that a faculty committee be given PBHA oversight powers...
...Fourth Beastie's set was not unimpressive. Much to the dismay of the assembled mass, he stayed clear of Beastie Boys standards, opting instead for more obscure tracks that pleased the crowd at the back of the room, Boston MCs Akrobatik and Mr. Liff among them. Mike's hyperactive mix-and-scratch made things more difficult, allowing for little more time than "Oh I've heard that" before moving on to the next record...