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...used for many things because it can look at any interaction of any cell at any time,” Livet said. Lichtman hopes to use the new technique to better understand how the brain develops. “In mammals, wiring changes as we grow-up, and the connections made earlier begin to be trimmed,” he said. “We hope to understand this reorganization and get a better idea of how the brain selects which connections to maintain and which to lose...

Author: By Christina G. Vangelakos, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Neuroscience Researchers Expand Usage of ‘Brainbow’ Technology | 11/2/2007 | See Source »

...Interior Ickes was "tired of being doublecrossed and pushed around" by F.D.R., so "sore and bruised of spirit" that he refused an invitation to have dinner and play poker with the President. On another occasion, F.D.R. brought him around with a pleasant note: "My dear Harold, will you ever grow-up?" Roosevelt assured Ickes that "mighty few Secretaries" could do what Harold could. Three months later, Harold was telling his hero: "You are much abler and smarter than [President] Wilson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Second Lamentations | 5/10/1954 | See Source »

...PoilyaiHM and PollyaMU Grow-Up. *The Friendly Terrace books, the Peggy Raymond book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pollyanna Comes Back | 7/21/1924 | See Source »

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