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...Power Biggs Memorial Celebrity Recital Featuring John Scott Tuesday, Feb. 21, 8:00 PM Adolphus Busch Hall, 27 Kirkland Street. $15/10 students Organs aren’t just for hymns and Halloween. This Tuesday, organ legend John Scott will come to Harvard, drawn by the opportunity to play on the exceptional 1958 Flentrop organ. For those used to the muddy and sometimes overpowering groans of Memorial Church’s giant organ, the bright, clean sound of the Flentrop will be a welcome relief, especially when combined with Scott’s brilliant technique. Organ recitals have become increasingly rare...
DIED. NORMAN SHUMWAY, 83, the first physician to perform a successful heart transplant in the U.S.; in Palo Alto, Calif. His first transplant patient, in 1968, died of complications after 14 days. In the years that followed, most transplants ended in lethal infections or organ rejection soon after surgery. But Shumway, a surgical mentor to Tennessee Senator Bill Frist, pressed on as others were giving up. With an impressive Stanford University team, he found ways to use smaller doses of toxic antirejection drugs; was an early proponent of a safer alternative, cyclosporine; and dramatically improved transplant survival rates...
...DIED. NORMAN SHUMWAY, 83, the first physician to perform a successful heart transplant in the U.S.; in Palo Alto, California. His first transplant patient, in 1968, died of complications after 14 days. In the years that followed, most transplants ended in lethal infections or organ rejection soon after surgery. But Shumway, working with a Stanford University team, used smaller doses of toxic anti-rejection drugs and found other ways to dramatically improve transplant survival rates...
...more mature sound takes them another step away from the mainstream. Still, the new LP has plenty of hummability. If you’re a fan of the band, you should buy this album for “Sukie” alone; it’s a fun, sassy, organ-driven romp that’s destined to become a staple of their live shows. And if you haven’t yet discovered Belle and Sebastian, do yourself a favor and pick up “If You’re Feeling Sinister.” Your rainy days...
...second alternative, referral to the Security Council, has gained strong approval as the chapters of this story unfold. Involving the supreme UN organ as well as the IAEA, would strengthen multilateral dialogue, in clear contrast with the monologue of preemptive ideology. Nevertheless, due to economic ties and resulting foreign policies, countries like China or Russia are unlikely to applaud such speeches, and their reluctance will only work for Teheran...