Word: masse
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Trotman, a Long Island native, took an instant liking to hockey and sailing. But when she entered Phillips Academy (in Andover, Mass.), she was able to play only hockey because the school had no sailing team. And `only hockey' she played for three years, captaining the team her senior year...
...Many educators blame recent outbreaks of campus bigotry on the fact that today's students are largely ignorant about past struggles for racial, sexual and economic equality. "We failed to help our children learn the lessons we learned," says Mary Maples Dunn, president of Smith College in Northampton, Mass. "We thought we'd done good things in the 1960s, but we rested on our laurels...
...giving patients slow-dissolving fluoride pills that released the drug only after leaving the stomach. The fluoride was administered intermittently and with a calcium compound so that the new bone would form gradually and be strong. When the preparation was given to 251 women with spinal-bone loss, bone mass increased 3% to 6% a year and the frequency of vertebral fractures dropped significantly. Side effects were minor and occurred in only 5% of the patients. The treatment has not been shown to work for osteoporosis of the hip or wrist...
...Reagan's image was enhanced when he responded with both wit and grit. But the incantations about "magic" imply mystical powers beyond the ken of other politicians. There is nothing mysterious about a veteran public performer with a knack for timing, a keen sense for what will please a mass audience, and a talent for hiring adroit p.r. advisers...
Azar's case has generated local attention because of his affiliation with the Cambridge Country Store, located at 1759 Mass. Ave., only a few blocks from the Law School. Azar works at the store, which his father owns...