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...Until Patricia Goldman-Rakic started delving into it, the most important part of the brain, the frontal lobe, was a veritable blank sheet. A gray, wrinkled chunk of tissue tucked behind the forehead and taking up about a third of the total brain mass, it is to the rest of the central nervous system what a CEO is to a modern corporation. It takes sensory data fed to it by the rest of the organization (smells, sounds, tastes, etc.) and decides what it all means and what should be done about it. It's largely responsible for our thinking, planning...
...official version is that in her penthouse suite at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in Manhattan, Carey became severely agitated and tossed crockery about; that she stepped on the shards and cut her bare feet; that she asked to be taken to the suburban home of her mother Patricia; that once there she spiraled into a nervous breakdown; that her mother dialed 911 and got Mariah to the hospital, where she was treated for exhaustion. She is now resting in a Connecticut psychiatric facility. "She is improving daily," Berger says. "It's one day at a time...
...return of prodigal Iceland to the fold and numerous fine points of order and procedure. With its ally Norway playing the "good cop," Japan was the "bad cop" as the two whaling powers piled on the pressure. "IWC meetings have always been contentious, but it's getting worse," observed Patricia Forkan, senior vice president of the Humane Society International. "The pro-whaling lobby is bringing in countries with no history with the IWC, or even with whaling. Their job appears to be to filibuster, confound and confuse - to influence voters by the sheer number of words spoken." And, she might...
However, internal sources say Harvard Senior Associate Director of Athletics Patricia Henry also remains as a possible candidate...
Harvard Senior Associate Director of Athletics Patricia Henry and Northeastern Senior Associate Director Jody Mooradian were the co-chairs of the commiteee that presented the successful Boston bid to NCAA officials on July...