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Snowdon launched the Nun Study in 1986 as a way to take a broad look at the physical and psychological aspects of aging. But in 1990 he decided to narrow the focus to Alzheimer's. That's when he approached the order's U.S. leaders with a sensitive question. Would the nuns be willing to do more than take psychological tests and give blood samples? he wondered. Would they be willing to donate their brains? Like a politician campaigning for votes, Snowdon traveled from one convent to the next, making his pitch. In Baltimore, Maryland, he remembers, Sister Mary...
...doctor's careful instructions on how to take a fatal dose of pills (one at a time, with as little water as possible) or the compulsive conversation of the victim's lover (Stephen Spinella), who forces himself to go out to a movie when the deed is done. The narrow focus can be constricting (this is a small play on a big theme), but Rabe's jittery, naturalistic dialogue and Douglas Hughes' knife-edge direction make it a powerful, unmistakably theatrical event...
...Swiss Confederation made mistakes during World War II like many other countries. We openly talk about them here, and we even welcome discussion from abroad on the subject. Foreign views normally broaden the narrow Swiss mind, if their authors are of some historical competence. Sad, but this modest condition already excludes people like Senator Alfonse D'Amato, whose revelations were not news to us; the average Swiss college student studied this situation years ago. MARTIN ENDER Staretschwil, Switzerland...
...Crimson attempts to cover the news and concerns of a broad range of readers--from first-years to Harvard Square businesspeople to politicos at the ARCO Forum. Crimson editors naturally come from a rather narrow segment of this diverse population. In order for The Crimson to truly be the paper of the Harvard community, it needs to be accountable to those whom it purports to cover...
...narrow range of equipment offered at the MAC is equally glaring--it offers severely outmoded stationary bicycles, a sparse range of ancient nautilus-type machines, and not a single treadmill. As John F. Kennedy '40 was inclined to say, we can do better...