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...himself in on Boss territory ("America's future rests ... in the message of hope in songs of ... New Jersey's own Bruce Springsteen"), he was met with an oblique but sharp rebuff. "I kinda got to wondering what his favorite album must've been," Springsteen speculated at a Pittsburgh concert. "I don't think he's been listening to this one," he added, tearing into a ripsaw version of Johnny 99, about an unemployed factory worker who shoots a hotel night clerk: "Now judge I got debts no honest man could pay/ The bank was holdin' my mortgage and they...
...billing patients and keeping track of the medication and care they receive. Now the computer is about to move into the examining room. After 15 years of development, Dr. Jack Myers, 72, an internist, and Computer Engineer and Neurology Professor Harry Pople, 51, both at the University of Pittsburgh, announced the debut of Caduceus, a computer program that has the ability to diagnose some 600 diseases. Named for the physician's snake-entwined staff, it will be field-tested in four hospitals affiliated with the university, beginning late...
...victim of the industry's vanishing middle. Gimbels' parent company, the British conglomerate B.A.T. Industries, is unloading Gimbels' flagship store in Manhattan, which once was a lively rival for nearby Macy's ("Does Gimbels tell Macy's?"), plus 35 other outlets in New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Milwaukee...
...parental hurts of your childhood are history. Fat chance. Simmering resentment between siblings has a nasty way of re-erupting as boomers confront the reality of caring for aging parents. "We have an unexpressed wish that our parents will someday acknowledge the injustices done us," notes University of Pittsburgh elder-law professor Larry Frolik. "Someday Mom will understand that I'm as smart as my rich older brother or will finally admit, 'Honey, your husband's really a swell...
...Pittsburgh, Pa., home where the artist grew up has been vacant and falling apart since 1999. Last month a planning and development group began talks with the owner to buy and restore it, perhaps for use by art students at nearby Carnegie-Mellon University...