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National Geographic maps have long set the standard for cartography. They are so accurate that Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill reportedly followed the progress of World War II on them. Under the direction of Chief Cartographer John B. Garver Jr., the map department entered the computer age in 1983 with the acquisition of a specialized computer that enables mapmakers to modify roads, rivers, borders and country names without wholesale revision. Subscribers now receive six poster-size maps a year, each produced by the society's 130 researchers and mapmakers at a cost of $1 million...
Finally, the arms-control group reached consensus and rejoined the leaders. Gorbachev was escorted to the map room to be briefed by Akhromeyev, while Reagan retired to the library, where Secretary of State George Shultz and Lieut. General Colin Powell, the National Security Adviser, explained the language to him. Informed that the Joint Chiefs were satisfied with the text, Reagan approved it. Then he went to shake hands with Gorbachev before accompanying him to the South Lawn for the farewell ceremony...
DESCRIPTION: Map showing location of meeting places; itinerary of Mikhail Gorbachev...
...simple cure for alcoholism? Probably not. Even so, the next decade or so holds dramatic promise for advances in understanding and effectively treating the disease. Researchers hope eventually to sort out alcoholics according to the neurochemical bases of their addiction and treat them accordingly. "We are still trying to map out these neurochemical systems," says Edgehill Newport's Wallace. "If we succeed, then it is likely that we will be able to design treatments." A.A. and other groups may always be necessary to help alcoholics assess the psychological and emotional damage of chronic drinking, but there is hope that medicine...
...nervous system underlying such behavior may react to alcohol in a way that quickly leads to dependence. "It's not proved," says Cloninger. "It's testable." Says Boris Tabakoff of the NIAAA: "For those of us looking for biological markers, Dr. Cloninger's work gives us a road map we can follow to link genetic traits to behavior...