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...kidney transplants and lost most of his eyesight since being diagnosed at age 6. Today Kleiman is one of 300 patients worldwide who have received a transplant of pancreatic islet cells. For the first time since age 6, Kleiman does not need insulin injections. "It's been an amazing journey," he says. "Several of my very special friends with Type 1 didn't make it this far. They died at ridiculously young ages--in their...
...with the welcome that President Ronald Reagan experienced 21 years ago on a similar diplomatic trip to London and other European capitals. After visiting Rome, Reagan and his wife, Nancy, spent two nights at Windsor Castle, outside London, as guests of Queen Elizabeth II. The larger purpose of his journey was to reassure Europeans that the U.S. remained committed to nato and genuinely sought peace and arms reduction with the Soviet Union. Although Reagan was confronted in West Berlin by several thousand hostile demonstrators, the overall reaction to his visit was positive, as we described in a June...
...coated walls for Brooklyn graffiti, Levine spent a year living within the Crown Heights Lubavitch community, intent to familiarize herself with the girls’ thoughts, desires and aspirations. Her findings have now been amassed into her first book, Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers: An Intimate Journey Among Hasidic Girls. Combining Levine’s personal thoughts and experiences with chapters that focus on the lives of seven particular girls, the book thrives on anecdotes, commentary, humor and drama...
...disturbed by the comment that wounded soldiers aren't "fighting to be all they can be anymore. They're fighting to be as close to normal as they can be." I believe that these wounded soldiers are still fighting to be "all they can be" and that in their journey through recovery, they will find they have strengths and skills to draw on that will make them even better than most complacent, "able-bodied" people. GREG DAVIS O'Fallon...
...around the globe," but for many that message is still as fresh as the day it was first uttered. In spite of the rough conditions, travel advisories and the war on terrorism, scores of older Americans are uprooting their lives to help needy nations improve their living conditions. Some journey to dangerous spots like Liberia and Afghanistan, but most seek adventure in relatively safe regions of the world...