Word: pittsburgh
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...hoisted onto the roof. The 22-ft.-tall replica of the Cat in the Hat went on display last week to announce the opening of "Dr. Seuss from Then to Now," a retrospective of his nearly 60-year career that will travel over the next two years to Pittsburgh, New York City, Baltimore and New Orleans. Geisel, 82, whose latest best seller, You're Only Old Once!, is intended for youngsters of all ages, was more than pleased with the exhibition. "It finally gave me a chance to clean out my closet," he laughs. Now that is something to imagine...
Some 240 patients and 28 therapists are involved in the ongoing project at three sites: the University of Pittsburgh; the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City; and George Washington University in Washington. The study compares the effectiveness of two forms of brief psychotherapy with treatment by a standard antidepressant drug, imipramine. The drug got quicker results, but the talk therapies caught up after three months. By the end of the 16-week test period, all three treatments had eliminated serious symptoms of depression in more than half the patients...
...French Composer Henri Dutilleux's impressionistic concerto. The same month Virtuoso Shlomo Mintz played Marc Neikrug's neoromantic concerto for the second time, having presented its world premiere in 1984. And this week Sergiu Luca will give the American premiere of William Bolcom's frisky new concerto in Pittsburgh (he introduced it in 1984 in Saarbrucken, West Germany...
Utilities, businesses, homeowners and others who still burn natural gas are winning lower costs as their fuel suppliers try to compete with oil. Consolidated Natural Gas of Pittsburgh says that its 1.5 million customers are already enjoying savings of up to 20%. If the price of petroleum keeps plunging, however, gas companies will be hard pressed to compete with fuel-oil dealers...
...Members of the all-Parts of the Body team include Roy Face, Barry Foote (we said minor spelling variations were allowed), Rollie Fingers, and former Pittsburgh pitcher Bill Hands...