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...Unable to dress, bathe or groom self; unable to control bladder and bowel function...
...1990s, the debate between the Baptists (the first three letters stand for beta-amyloid protein) and the Tauists had intensified--and for a while the Tauists appeared to be gaining ground. For one thing, the normal function of beta amyloid (if it had one) remained mysterious. All that scientists knew was that it was secreted by virtually every cell in the body, that it came primarily in two lengths, and that, in the brain, the slightly longer version was more likely to aggregate into plaques...
...Union. Jospin then began a steady sell-off of state companies, a move that reassured the business community and international investors. Most important, and most controversial, were the 35-hour workweek and a program that offered state-subsidized jobs to 350,000 young people. These measures had a psychological function: to treat collective depression. They worked...
Komikado's loyalty to her co-workers is admirable, but the group mentality often discourages the risk taking needed to support experimental products. In the mid-1980s, Fujio Masuoka, a senior manager at Toshiba, created flash memory, a powerful chip that enables laptops to function without cumbersome disc drives. "American chipmakers are going to have to copy our design or risk losing the market," crowed Masuoka. Instead, Toshiba balked at mass production. Eventually, Intel swooped in and within a few years held 85% of the multibillion-dollar market...
...Massachusetts a few hundred kids boycotted the state test, but 99.8% did take the exams. Tests provide teachers, parents, school officials and public officials with information to address education problems. The recent spate of state exams has spurred unprecedented attention to the needs of low-performing students. Education cannot function without reliable information about its effectiveness. DIANE RAVITCH New York City...