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...assigned a seat in the dome car, which offers a 360[degrees] view of some of the most dramatic sights in the world, and you'll eat in a first-class dining room with picture windows. You can stand on an open-air observation platform at the rear of the train, the wind on your face and moose, bear, eagles, bighorn sheep and mountain goats in your view...
...Navy's new generation of women are not just swabbing decks. They've been moving into the highest echelons of the Navy--and the Pentagon as well. Vice Admiral Patricia Tracey is a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Personnel. Rear Admiral Jacqueline Barnes directs the Pentagon's On-Site Inspection Agency, charged with verifying arms-control pacts with other nations. Rear Admiral Barbara McGann is the Navy's top recruiting officer. And Rear Admiral Bonnie Potter is the Atlantic fleet's top doctor...
...have mapped out regions of the brain involved in paying attention. The frontal cortex and parietal cortex--in the front and back of the brain, respectively--appear to light up when subjects focus on certain signals. Then, as the new stimuli are processed, the visual cortex in the lower rear of the brain moves into action. The finding may help researchers better understand attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and even schizophrenia...
...million to renovate the crumbling building. Ford got the full treatment, with amateur architect Truman pointing out sagging floors and the lack of closets. Truman got his money. (When Ford became President, he was deeply grateful for Truman's home repair, especially for the famous Truman Balcony on the rear of the White House.) And Truman got more: Ford's support on foreign policy, even when Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur, though Ford still glows a bit when he recalls MacArthur's "old soldiers" farewell to Congress. Says Ford: "One of the most moving speeches I've ever heard...
...Rear Window is now showing at the Brattle Theater...