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...surprise. The drug leaves the skin more sensitive to sunlight. "I went skiing last winter, and even though I used a strong sun block, I still got a killer sunburn," reports Monica Gutierrez, 32, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., who has used Retin-A for about 18 months. Declares James Leyden, a professor of dermatology at the University of Pennsylvania: "Retin-A is not an antidote to sun worshiping...
Such an oversight is almost unthinkable: a takeoff without extending the flaps, said Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Spokesman John Leyden, is like driving off in a car without closing the door -- and far more dangerous. Yet such a lapse, notes University of Michigan Aeronautic Engineer C. William Kauffman, "would explain some of the things that were observed -- the aircraft using a lot of runway, not climbing very high, stalling...
...Rembrandt at all. Rosenberg and other experts have speculated that the old warrior might have been Rembrandt's older brother Adriaen, a poor shoemaker in Leyden. But if the painting isn't by Rembrandt, then we have no idea who the warrior was, just an old man, tough and brave and sad. The experts are trying to learn more by subjecting the painting to a series of technical tests. These include activating some of its neutrons so that they can be compared with the neutrons in authenticated Rembrandts. The experts are always right, as we know...
...Leyden had our hearts, but Poli understands...
...speaks calmly and always clearly. "I am not a ranter or a raver or a stomper," he says. "I am frank and straightforward." One critic calls him "a brash bastard," while one follower considers him "a helluva father figure." Poli does not apologize for, in effect, pushing his friend Leyden aside. "We could see there might be cause to strike," he explains coolly. "I knew I would be ready for it, and John might...