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Sister Mary Ignatius (Elizabeth Franz) has taught for many years at Our Lady of Perpetual Sorrow school. She believes that to spare the rod is to spoil the child, perhaps eternally. Her rod is the catechism. Her prize pupil (Mark Stefan) can make pinpoint distinctions between venial and mortal sins. The sister pops a cookie into his mouth after each impeccable response, and Stefan plays the role with the precision of an ordained parrot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Avaunt, God | 11/9/1981 | See Source »

...maybe it won't. Wiesel cautions that scientists may never fully understand the brain. "We may not be able to pinpoint all the solutions so clearly. At this stage we are only defining the variables," he says, adding, "The most exciting work is ahead...

Author: By Charles D. Bloche, | Title: Why They Won Nobel Prizes | 10/29/1981 | See Source »

When he wasn't burning the Harvard secondary with pinpoint passing, Polsinello sent halfback Sean Maher through the line 28 times for 118 yards. "Maher didn't practice much this week," Yukica said, "and I didn't know he'd be able to hold up that well...

Author: By Mark H. Doctoroff, | Title: Gridders Sink in Green Morass, 24-10 | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

Another advertising option is direct mail, which enables the sender to pinpoint his audience. Islip, N.Y., Lawyers William Harrison and Alfred Koffler were dissatisfied with their newspaper-ad campaign offering house closings for $235, so they reduced their rate another $40 and sent out letters to 7,500 homeowners. The result: 200 clients and disciplinary proceedings by the local bar association. While New York State's highest court backed the pair and ruled that direct mail was allowed, 38 states still prohibit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: For Lawyers, the Adman Cometh | 8/24/1981 | See Source »

...pregnancy, when the fetus weighs about 10 oz. and is about 10 in. long. A series of pictures taken during the earlier ultrasound scanning helped locate the abnormal twin, though not with certainty; Kerenyi put his chances at "much better than 50-50." Doctors then used sound waves to pinpoint the tiny beating heart. On their second attempt, they pierced the heart with a thin needle and withdrew about half the fetus' blood, causing the heart gradually to stop beating. Analysis of the blood later confirmed that the correct twin had been aborted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Saving One, Dooming Another | 6/29/1981 | See Source »

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