Word: petersen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...impossible. Just ask State Representatives Jay R. Kaufman (D-Lexington) and Douglas W. Petersen (D-Marblehead). They were the only members of the House to vote against accepting the committee report that contained the changes to the Clean Elections law. Unfortunately, for many others, integrity is still too great a political risk...
...somehow improves memory by increasing the flow of blood to the brain. Leading memory experts, however, are skeptical about ginkgo and other brain boosters. "Most of these products have not been investigated to any significant extent that would warrant the claims that are being made,'' says Dr. Ronald Petersen, a neuroscientist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. Other geriatricians are more blunt. All the hoopla, they say, is merely a case of the placebo effect run amuck: people want their memories to get better, so they do. Give them a sugar pill, and they probably wouldn't know...
...tore into the Western alliance Friday, hoping to shame it into handing over desperately needed cash to resettle the half million returned refugees. "The international community spent billions of dollars on a military campaign that was intended to pave the way for the return of refugees," said Soren Jessen-Petersen, the U.N. assistant high commissioner for refugees. "It is a pity they are not prepared to spend what we have asked for, to see the refugees make it all the way into their villages and reintegrate themselves...
Accessories should be of excellent quality and in the same good repair as one's clothing. Shoes need to be polished and should not show signs of wear, Petersen says. Bowman suggests staying away from loafers because they are too casual...
...should also sit up straight, Petersen says. A slight lean forward shows that you are listening...