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...Institute of America in Philadelphia, have caused a stir in archaeological circles, bringing to light proof of deeds usually encountered just in classical texts. Conducting a CSI-style cold-case forensic analysis of the site, James pieced together clues from records of earlier excavations at the Roman city of Dura-Europos, whose ruins are in modern Syria. An army of Persians had sacked the city and abandoned it, deporting its captive population deep into Persian territory. Dura-Europos became a ghost town, engulfed in sand until joint French-American teams dug it up in the 1930s. (Read TIME's cover...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Chemical Warfare Is Ancient History | 2/13/2009 | See Source »

...decade-plus of putting people into homes everyone knew they could not afford - and then having the whole house of cards fall - is not as much his fault as it is his responsibility, because of the timing of the event. Klein can and should do better. L.E. Dura, FENTON, MICH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Detainees' Rights | 12/18/2008 | See Source »

...decade-plus of putting people into homes everyone knew they could not afford - and then having the whole house of cards fall - is not as much his fault as it is his responsibility, because of the timing of the event. Klein can and should do better. L.E. Dura, Fenton, Mich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

...decade-plus of putting people into homes everyone knew they could not afford--and then having the whole house of cards fall--is not as much his fault as it is his responsibility, because of the timing of the event. Klein can and should do better. L.E. Dura, FENTON, MICH...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

Still, triptans have dramatically changed the lives of millions of migraine sufferers and opened up promising areas of research. Scientists have discovered that triptans, besides affecting serotonin pathways, also directly block one of the stimulatory proteins released by the nerve endings in the dura. New compounds that target this protein, dubbed cgrp, are being tested in Europe. One big problem, says Lars Edvinsson of Lund University in Sweden, "is that the drug can be given only intravenously. We need a cgrp blocker that works as a tablet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Science of Headaches | 5/8/2007 | See Source »

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