Word: larson
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...after the vandalism, dorm residents spent two hours repairing the lights, supported on chicken wire which Hsiao strengthened in response to the attacks said Erik W. Larson...
...American Medical Association found that as many as one in ten people over 65 and, astonishingly, nearly half of those over 85 may have the disease. That would raise the number of Americans thought to be afflicted from 2.5 million to 4 million. "I was astounded," said Dr. Eric Larson of the University of Washington, who wrote an accompanying editorial. "Still, as with any startling finding, it needs to be confirmed...
...hardly the last word. The complex testing could only confirm the probability of Alzheimer's, not provide a definite diagnosis. In addition, many of the older residents of East Boston do not speak English as a first language, and had less than three years of schooling; this, says Larson, could have brought down their test scores. The exams may also have failed to take into account the normal decline in mental acuity that comes with aging. Asks Dr. Leonard Kurland of the Mayo Clinic: "Where do you draw the line and say this is normal and this is not?" Nonetheless...
BREATHED promised us a lot with this strip. He said he was burned out on "Bloom County," but he has shown no signs of revival in "Outland." It is hard to believe he has made an honest attempt at a new artistic direction. Trudeau and Gary Larson took sabbaticals to save themselves from burnout, but they did not reject their characters. Breathed did. Anyone who owns an Opus T-shirt should feel betrayed...
...professor of English and Art History at Northwestern University has been named the next librarian of Houghton Library, Larson Librarian of Harvard College Y. T. Feng announced last week...