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...which relays the electrical impulses involved in muscular movement. The last great breakthrough in treatment was in the late 1960s, when the "miracle" drug levadopa, or L-dopa-the chemical precursor of dopamine-was discovered to "unfreeze" patients who for decades had been practically rigid, unable even to produce facial expressions. Though it remains the standard treatment for Parkinson's, there is a serious downside to L-dopa. After a couple of years, during which patients seem to be cured, they start developing the jerky, uncontrolled twitching and tremors that most people today associate with Parkinson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ecstasy's Dividend | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

...wasn't expecting to catch more than a few cheap thrills: a Vince Carter facial here, an Allen Iverson crossover there. Yet what I saw on Sunday night was a new and exciting batch of superstars taking the reigns of basketball stardom from the old guard...

Author: By Barat Samy, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Very Bright Future Amid Dark Clouds | 2/13/2001 | See Source »

Loeb Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology David G. Mitten, the course professor, described the man as tall and thin, with facial hair, a dark complexion and dark clothes. He said the man looked "extremely agitated...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff and Adam M. Lalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: During Exam, Man Threatens to Blow Up Science Center | 1/19/2001 | See Source »

...exam was just beginning with several slide identifications at 9:30 a.m. when the man--who the course professor described as tall and thin, with facial hair, a dark complexion and dark clothes--entered the room through the doors in the room's back at around 9:30 a.m. The professor, David G. Mitten, Loeb professor of classical art and archaeology, said the man looked "extremely agitated...

Author: By Garrett M. Graff and Adam M. Lalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: During Exam, Man Threatens to Blow Up Science Center | 1/18/2001 | See Source »

...Star Wars film, only to get blown up in seconds. And just like that, George Lucas makes up for Phantom Menace ADOLF HITLER Evil dictator deposed as world's most hated man by bin Laden. Not to worry, he still holds a slight lead on world's most hated facial hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 1/14/2001 | See Source »

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