Word: parkinsonism
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...variation of Parkinson's Law, Violinist Isaac Stern expands to fill any space available, even one as large as the city of Paris. There, for the past two months, an entire army of Sterns has been at large in the streets, salons and concert halls. Which was the real one? The celebrity glimpsed in a blue Mercedes limousine, racing to such appointments as a private tour of Versailles and a recital before President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing? Or was it the doppelgänger who never seemed to leave the rehearsal hall, reflectively pushing his horn...
With that information, Gajdusek, who won a Nobel Prize for his efforts, uncovered a new kind of pathogen, a slow virus that may be akin to those that cause other degenerative diseases, like multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease. The solution for the Fore was a government mandate that keeps the dead out of the stew pots; by the end of the century the Laughing Death should be eradicated. Gajdusek's discovery may have brought a step closer a solution for victims of other slow viruses as well...
...others were there to help. Teamwork isn't easy. We learned it out of necessity." Four years ago, Brick's old barn got too small for the growing business. The family decided to construct a new factory and pretty much built it themselves. Brick died of Parkinson's disease just after the decision was made. He never saw the new place, but he would have liked...
...classic series of green thoughts: on herbs and weeds, trees and seeds, pedigreed blooms and wildflowers. Her articles were written with elegance and precision, and they deserve a place with such horticultural classics as Charles Sprague Sargent's Manual of the Trees of North America and John Parkinson's A Garden of Pleasant Flowers, published in 1629 and still in print...
DIED. Maybelle Carter, 69, matriarch of country music's Carter family; of Parkinson's disease; in Madison, Tenn. Formed in 1927, the Carter Family trio achieved lasting success by recording such traditional folk songs as Wildwood Flower and Will the Circle Be Unbroken, with member Maybelle becoming celebrated for her alto voice as well as her unique guitar and autoharp licks. When the group disbanded in 1943, Carter started out anew with her three daughters as Mother Maybelle and the Carter Sisters, and later toured extensively with Daughter June and her husband Singer Johnny Cash...