Word: eye
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Harvard was hurt in the second half by the absence of several key players. Co-Captain Mike Gielen missed the entire second half because of a scratched eye, and Dana Smith, Ralph James and Ron Mitchell each picked up their fourth fouls midway through the period...
Hubba Hubba, which sells rock music, leather jackets and variety of novelty items, was forced to relocate two years ago in an effort to stay in the area. Now, a high-rise condominium development is being erected in Hubba Hubba's old home. "We moved with an eye to the future," Phelps says...
...influence action on such issues as divestment, minority and women hiring, and the membership of final clubs are respectable, but, it claims, these cries for change have often fallen on deaf ears. We, as students, also have been perplexed as to why the administration has cast a light eye over many of the council's petitions...
...Spotting a lucrative way to diversify, about half the nation's 24,500 optometrists -- specialists who examine eyes and prescribe corrective lenses -- offer some form of eye-improvement therapy, also called vision training. The premise is simple: while eyesight is largely determined by genetics, seeing is an acquired skill, developed through practice, much like walking or swimming. Says Richard Kavner, a New York City optometrist: "The goal is to improve faulty connections between the brain and eye muscle." Common exercises include walking on a balance beam while reading a chart, completing connect-the-dot pictures and touching points in patterns...
...ophthalmologists -- medical doctors who specialize in eye care -- remain wary of vision therapy. "There's a conceptual fogginess to the whole thing," declares ophthalmologist George Beauchamp of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, "and the treatments are fuzzy and ill-defined." Although optometrists point to hundreds of research reports that they say validate the training, most ophthalmologists dismiss the studies as anecdotal. "Bring me one study controlled for bias on the part of the practitioner and the person," says Dr. Paul Vinger of Harvard University, a vision consultant to the U.S. Olympic Committee. "Prove it, then promote...