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Sullivan talks at length about the historical significance of the demolished building. Built in 1831 by famous New England architect Oliver Hastings, the house also had two famous residents. Harvard's Parkin Professor of Pulpit Eloquence Converse Francis lived there in the 1840's, and Boston publishing magnate John Allyn occupied the then-mansion in the 1880's. The Francis-Allyn House, characteristic of the Greek Revival architecture sweeping New England after the rediscovery of the Acropolis, featured an elaborate portico entrance in its heyday...
...implants of its devices since 1973. But these implants, as well as others done at Coleman, Stanford University and the University of Melbourne in Australia, have met with only modest success in duplicating the complex way in which the inner ear translates sound for the brain. Dr. James Parkin, who is chief of surgery at the Utah medical center and will perform the implants, believes Ineraid would make it possible to restore the hearing of about 70% of the 500,000 deaf people in the U.S. who at present cannot benefit from hearing aids...
...impulses and feeds them through the implanted wires into the auditory nerve. Six of the wires are implanted in those areas of the cochlea that would normally transmit different frequencies, from high to low. The remaining two wires are grounded to muscle tissue to complete the electrical circuit. Says Parkin: "It's like taking the cochlea outside the head and putting it on your belt...
...perplexed as ever about the cause of the illness. Despite the efforts of researchers at dozens of laboratories, medical sleuths still cannot say whether the disease was brought on by a toxic substance or some unusual virus-though they appear to have excluded bacteria. Admitted Dr. William E. Parkin, chief epidemiologist of the Pennsylvania state health department: "It may be one year, five years or a hundred years before our technology becomes efficient enough to cope with...
...been vainly seeking the tapes in private negotiations with the White House since Jan. 9. He contends that he needs them for the trial of seven Nixon men indict ed hi the Watergate coverup: H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, John Mitch ell, Charles Colson, Robert Mardian, Gordon Strachan and Kenneth Parkin son. Their trial has been set for Sept. 9, though they have until May 1 to file motions for separate trials, not expected to be granted by Sirica...