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...think I could learn all this?' He said, 'Mother, you could do it.' And I said, 'O.K., go buy me a set.'" Four weeks and $2,500 later, she had her "set": an olive-green Acer computer that sits right next to her bed in her Chevy Chase, Md., home. At first it scared her. "I used to think the computer would break if I did something wrong. The first time I used it, I was a nervous wreck, and my son Paul said, 'Don't worry, Mom--it won't break.'" He made her a screen saver that says...
...underwrote basic discoveries about the ways broken-down genes lead to malignancies. Now that work is beginning to pay off. "The black box that was the cancer cell has been opened," says Dr. Bert Vogelstein, a world-renowned investigator of cancer genes at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md. "As researchers, we feel a tremendous amount of hope, probably for the first time in the history of cancer treatment...
...taking cash out of the mix. Stealing will just become more sophisticated. We are already dependent on the mighty god of technology and electricity in ways that make me uncomfortable. We are putting all our eggs in one electronic basket. The servant is becoming the master. DYLENE CYMRAES Jessup, Md...
...technological iceberg. Are there enough lifeboats for a financial Titanic? What happens when there is a weeklong electrical-power failure? Will victims of mother nature be left to sink because they could not make a simple electronic transaction to buy bread and milk? HEATHER MCQUAY Pasadena, Md...
Begin in Baltimore, Md. Granted, Oriole Park at Camden Yards is the newest ball field on the block, having been completed in 1992. But the stadium has been widely praised for its classic, fan-friendly design. Plan to arrive in town by early afternoon, in time to get to the Yards for the game against Toronto at 7:35 p.m. The next day take a guided stadium tour and visit the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Baseball Center, a national landmark that also houses the Baltimore Orioles Museum and the Maryland Baseball Hall of Fame. You might also venture over...