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Which of these views is wrong? Nei ther, said Einstein. Measurements of time depend on the choice of the reference frame ? in this case, the train or the point along the tracks...
Unfortunately, De Chirico had nei ther the technical proficiency nor the mastery of drawing to reach his declared goal: a delayed place in the Renaissance tradition. His mythological scenes, in imitation of Titian, were leaden and vacuous; his nudes, meant to emulate Rubens, had the consistency of overboiled gnocchi; homage kept turning into parody. In the meantime De Chirico railed furiously at the modern movement; Braque and Matisse were "malodorous" and surrealism was a brainless obscenity...
...National Eye Institute (NEI) announced Wednesday that it is soliciting proposals for research projects investigating the possible use of marijuana as a treatment for glaucoma, an eye disease affecting about a million Americans...
...Marijuana is a restricted drug and any research using it has been difficult to clear in the past, but now that NEI is soliciting research, we shouldn't have any trouble getting it through," Dukes said, adding the NEI provides funds for the operation of the clinical center...
...have a hint--there is something in THC (the active ingredient in marijuana) which alleviates the pressure involved in glaucoma. The problem we must research now is how to use the drug to treat glaucoma without its psychological side effects," Dr. Douglas Gaasterland, a glaucoma specialist at NEI, said yesterday...