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Shahrayne M. Litchfield, program director at PBHA, said the organization first decided to get involved after "Sidewalk Sam"--whose real name is Robert Guillemin--made a presentation at a meeting of the PBHA cabinet, the organization's executive committee...
...Master of Ceremonies "Sidewalk Sam" Guillemin explained, "The spoken word has a living quality, particularly in the middle of the park, in the middle of the day." Instead of hearing poetry in the public parks, "we often hear harangues in those areas that should be the arenas for the noblest expression." "Poetry in the Park" is one attempt by the Sidewalk poets to set this trend aright...
Despite Keillor's presence, Boston-area college students were notably lacking at the event. Guillemin who, with the help of several other poets, spent 150 hours telephoning various college organizations, explained the difficulty of contacting students who are rarely in one place long enough to receive a call...
...eluded scientists for so long because the body normally produces it in minute quantities. The Salk team, headed by 1977 Nobel Laureate Roger Guillemin, got its sample from a patient with a rare cancer that causes overproduction of GRF. Once isolated, the substance, which is structurally simple, was easily synthesized. Scientists now start the process of determining how to use GRF to solve certain growth problems in humans, like pituitary dwarfism. GRF may also be used to treat some kinds of diabetes and to speed the healing of wounds and burns...
...Guillemin is a 1977 winner of the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his work on brain hormones...