Word: louise
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Most of the scholars are post-doctoral faculty members who teach in universities, said Henry Louis Gates Jr., director of the institute.
James W. Henry, 78, of Clarendon, Arkansas, is sure he found a miracle. For 30 years, the retired postmaster suffered from emphysema caused by smoking. Even though he gave up cigarettes in 1962, Henry's condition kept getting worse. The emphysema had created so many permanent blisters in his lungs...
Along with the music, visitors will get an education. The museum places heavy emphasis on rock's roots. One exhibit, called "The Beat Goes On," consists of several touch-screen computers showing video clips of rockers along with the performers who influenced them--Chuck Berry, for example, is linked with...
Mary, estranged from Louis in later years, blossomed as a scientist. It was she who, at Laetoli in 1978, led the team that found the earliest known prehuman footprints, from 3.6 million years ago. She continues her research in retirement.
Meanwhile, Louis's scientific and activist legacy is carried on by son Richard and daughter-in-law Meave. Among Rich ard's major finds are further evidence of Homo habilis and, with Alan Walker in 1984, "Turkana Boy," a 1.6 million-year-old skeleton of a strapping, adolescent Homo erectus...