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Last New Year's Eve. the national and local news reported the death of a New Jersey Angel named Frank Melvin, a 26-year-old Black man. In a tragic incident, Melvin and a group of Angels arrived at the scene of a burglary at the same time as two Newark policemen. One officer was on the roof of the burglarized building when he saw Melvin below, running toward his partner; he misinterpreted the Angel's intentions as threatening, shouted warnings, and then fired one shot through Melvin's chest. In truth, Melvin had tried to unzip his jacket...

Author: By Errol T. Louis, | Title: Go Homeward, Angels | 11/22/1982 | See Source »

...summer of 1974, Concert Pianist Sharon Roubeck Dobkin suffered a series of seizures that left her with uncontrollable tremors, an inability to use her arms and legs or even hold her head upright. Two years and many doctors later, Dr. Melvin Van Woert of New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital identified the condition that ended her career: myoclonus, a nervous disorder that affects only 2,000 Americans. Van Woert had received a series of grants and special permission from the FDA to treat the disease with the experimental drug L-5HTP (L5-hydroxy-tryptophan), and Dobkin responded well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Adopting Orphan Drugs | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

...Melvin Maddocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Last Things | 10/11/1982 | See Source »

...Melvin Maddocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Maine: Don't Yank the Crank | 8/30/1982 | See Source »

...writer," he says, "is someone who hates himself and loves the world." In Jakov Lind's game, one out of two is not bad. -By Melvin Maddocks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tourist Trap | 4/26/1982 | See Source »

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