Word: frankfurt
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Habermas, professor emeritus at the University of Frankfurt and a visiting professor at the New York University School of Law, was unavailable for comment...
Biochemically, hypericum has some interesting properties. For starters, says University of Frankfurt psychopharmacologist Walter Muller, it appears to affect the brain in the same way Prozac does--by prolonging the activity of the mood-enhancing brain chemical serotonin. This is the same neurotransmitter acted on by the controversial diet pills fen-phen and Redux (see following story). But hypericum has much broader activity. In rats and mice, at least, it extends the action of at least two other powerful brain chemicals that are thought to play a role in depression: dopamine and norepinephrine. In each case, hypericum appears to work...
...quality and service there, I am relieved that I do most of my traveling on still regulated European airlines. I would rather pay more in order to avoid political profit issues and have a higher chance of survival. Hats off to Mary Schiavo for her courage! ELIZABETH STEINHAUSER Frankfurt, Germany...
While living in germany, our family flew TWA Flight 800. Recently we traveled again to Frankfurt, and as a security professional I was impressed with the thoroughness of TWA security measures. TWA, however, is a flagship carrier to many places that are especially dangerous for Americans. In this brave new world, some U.S. cities are equally dangerous. We must be patient, follow prudent security measures, know that actions carry risks and prosecute criminals no matter where they hide. GLORIA CASTRO HEARN Boulder City, Nevada
...electronics firm that admitted selling 20 such timers to the Libyan regime. The U.S. was then able to charge that Libyan intelligence agents had tagged a brown "bomb bag" containing the radio with stolen Air Malta tags and placed it on an Air Malta Flight KM-190 routed to Frankfurt, whence it eventually was loaded onto Pan Am Flight 103. It was detonated by a simple timing device. Libya has been under U.N. economic sanctions since April 1992. Last week Thurman was on the scene in Long Island as parts of the TWA plane were dragged out of the surf...