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...positive, we hope to move toward treating very young children, under the age of 1," says Dr. Pedro Alonso, head of the Hospital Clinic of the University of Barcelona and director of Saude Manhiça's research clinic. Early results should be available in 18 months. - By Maryann Bird Referendum Rejected CORSICA In a surprise result, Corsicans narrowly rejected a Paris-sponsored referendum proposing administrative reform and greater autonomy for the island. Only 16 days before the referendum, opinion polls had the yes camp ahead by 6%. "Corsicans realized this was a doctrine of decentralization being applied to Corsica...
...tying the size of a tribe's casino to the number of registered members. You could allow one slot machine or gaming table per tribe member. This would remove the financial incentive for a tribe to deny membership to legitimate tribal relatives. And it would prevent absurdities like Maryann Martin's one-woman tribe profiting from a 349-slot-machine casino. SONYA MEDWID San Mateo, Calif...
...Maryann Martin presides over America's smallest tribe. Raised in Los Angeles in an African-American family, she knew little of her Indian ancestry until 1986, when at age 22 she learned that her mother had been the last surviving member of the Augustine Band of Cahuilla Mission Indians. In 1991, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) certified Martin and her two younger brothers as members of the tribe. Federal recognition of tribal status opened the door for Martin and her siblings to qualify for certain types of government aid. And with it, a far more lucrative lure beckoned...
...apparent. You won't see a bunch of different wineries closed down--just different corporate ownership." Asked who might be next on the acquisition list, he smiles and says, "A lot of conversations are going on." And he heads off to catch a plane. --With reporting by Maryann Bird/London, Lisa Clausen/Melbourne, Adam Smith/Paris and Mimi Murphy/Rome
...Maryann Zschau easily navigates the vocal difficulties posed by Sondheim’s compositions, especially shining in the titular rapid-fire opening number. If her acting is not ideally nuanced, she never strikes a false note, and her powerful voice and lush tones are a delight. She is even better in act two as Marie, the aged grandmother of the 20th century George, who serenely mesmerizes with “Children and Art,” a simple, almost lullaby-like song, that discusses the only worthwhile things for a person to leave behind...