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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Strikes and protests were reported among bus and steetcar drivers in the northwestern cities of Szczecin and Police, among students in Warsaw and Gdansk, and briefly by shipworkers in Gdynia, near Gdansk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Polish Police Break Up Steel Mill Strike | 5/6/1988 | See Source »

...infection. "When I finally learned what I had, it was such a relief that I just sat there and cried," she says. Despite such sagas, experts are concerned that TMJ is being overdiagnosed. "Any vague symptom above the chest has become TMJ," charges Dentist Charles Greene, co-director of Northwestern University's TMJ clinic, one of the dozens devoted to facial and jaw pain that have sprung up nationwide. Greene is especially skeptical of those who attribute such varied complaints as dizziness, loss of hearing and blurred vision to the jaw condition. Warns Greene: "There are a lot of scams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Treating an In Malady | 4/25/1988 | See Source »

...Professors Edward Said of Columbia University and Ibrahim Abu- Lughod of Northwestern University, are not official representatives of the P.L.O. Even so, Shamir charged that Shultz had violated a 1975 memorandum of understanding that bars U.S. diplomats from recognizing or negotiating with the P.L.O. until the group acknowledges Israel's right to exist. Said Benjamin Netanyahu, who resigned his post as Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations last week in order to speak out against the encounter as well as run for the Knesset: "The meeting marks a serious erosion in the U.S. commitment not to negotiate with the P.L.O...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy Search for Partners | 4/11/1988 | See Source »

...worlds both large and small. Using the prodigious power of the Cray at the San Diego Supercomputer Center, Researchers Mark Ellisman and Stephen Young are studying a pair of noodle-like structures in the brains of Alzheimer's victims that scientists think may be a cause of premature dementia. Northwestern University Professor Arthur Freeman used a Cray-2 to produce a stunning portrait of the atomic structure of a new superconductor that carries an electric current freely at -283 degrees F. The Cray X-MP at the University of Illinois has produced a dazzling array of colorful animations, from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Fast and Smart | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

Even the specialists have difficulty. "Frequently you can't tell that anything is wrong until you see them play," explains Dr. Alice Brandfonbrener, director of Northwestern University's program. Some clinics boast practice rooms and videotaping equipment. Solutions can be as simple as recommending a reduced performance schedule, muscle-strengthening exercises or changes in diet. Actors and singers with voice difficulties are often told to avoid mucus-producing foods like milk and cheese. Technique may also be modified. Eric Jensen, a jazz guitarist in San Francisco with persistent pain in his left arm, was advised to shorten the scale lengths...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: The Oh-So-Not-So-Prime Players | 3/28/1988 | See Source »

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