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...biggest fault lies in the direction. Roth just doesn’t maintain tension; he fades from a race riot to a vision of Jackson’s inner child. Or his actual child. It’s not clear...
...reserve helps prevent Alzheimer's telltale plaques and tangles from forming, or whether it minimizes their impact - or both. It's possible that high brain reserve fosters unusually sturdy neurons that allow the brain to carry on as usual despite the presence of plaques, much as some people can maintain their focus when jackhammers start up outside their window. Autopsies of Alzheimer's sufferers confirm no neat correlation between the extent of plaques and tangling and the severity of symptoms. "After almost 100 years of research," says Valenzuela, "we still don't understand the fundamental link between the neurobiological changes...
...that point, six and a half minutes had already elapsed, and the Quakers had built up the advantage that they would maintain for the rest of the game...
Whether Google gets it right in sessions like that--balancing business opportunities against consumers' trust--is crucial to the company's future. After eight years of incredible growth, it's fair to ask whether Google is due for a stumble. To put it another way, Can Google maintain its success and remain true to the ideals that made it so popular? These are the guys who adopted as their informal corporate motto "Don't be evil." Sure, analysts in recent years have asked frequently whether Google's luck has run out, and yet the company kept thriving. But its vulnerability...
...Stefansson's plan quickly ran into problems. In order to build a database of genomes, deCODE needed blood samples from as many Icelanders as possible, as well as access to their health records. Parliament granted permission to tap into those records, along with an exclusive license to assemble, maintain and market the resulting data. Thousands of citizens donated blood, and many bought shares in deCODE as well. But those shares, which rose to a high of $65 in a frenzied run-up in 1999 and 2000, plunged to as low as $2 in the collapse of the dotcom bubble. They...