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...survival instincts, ever since being born prematurely at 2 1/2 lbs. This is a 20-year relationship. People have painful times in relationships, and this is one of them. Friends keep calling and faxing, and that is making him feel better. But he's unfortunately not able to be distant. He's feeling the pain...
...result is gaping holes in the spinal cord. Long nerve fibers, or axons, that originate in the brain and weave down the spinal cord, eventually connecting with other nerves that branch to muscles as distant as the toes, are torn and stripped of their protective fatty coat of myelin. The myelin sheath is like the rubber coating on electrical wire. Without it, the nerves cannot function...
...announcement also breathed new life into a worthy but largely unappreciated enterprise: the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. SETI, as it is called, makes use of computer-monitored radio telescopes to scan the skies and frequency bands in the hope of picking up a message or signal from a distant civilization...
...there was life on Mars, but also why life exists at all. It was an ideal story for TIME, which has always sought to wrestle with the ramifications of startling headlines; just last February we did a cover called "Is Anybody Out There?" after scientists found evidence of two distant planets that seemed to have water. We jumped on the Mars story last week, scheduling pieces by former science editor Leon Jaroff, new writer Jeffrey Kluger (who co-wrote the book that became the basis for Apollo 13), correspondent J. Madeleine Nash and essayist Lance Morrow...
...wonder how Colin Powell felt standing behind the podium as the opening night featured speaker of the 1996 Republican National Convention. Even from my distant vantage point in the far recesses of the San Diego Convention Center, Powell emanated presidential poise. His positive attitude was overwhelmingly contagious, as evidenced by the audience's hearty reception. But it was his presidential poise, the rare quality which overrides political inexperience by oozing leadership, that engulfed my little corner on the convention floor...