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...scientists who favor plaques as the culprit are getting a first crack at proving their hypothesis. Thanks to a series of discoveries--some of which have been made only in the past couple of months--they should soon be able to demonstrate once and for all whether getting rid of plaques is the most important step in halting the progression of Alzheimer's disease. They've already started preliminary clinical trials in human volunteers of the first anti-Alzheimer's compounds designed to treat the cause, and not just the symptoms, of the disease...
FIGHTING LICE Recent lice outbreaks have left parents scratching their heads along with their kids--trying to figure out how to get rid of the tiny bloodsuckers. Overuse of over-the-counter treatments has led to new pesticide-resistant strains of the bugs. Experts now say the best way to combat the nearly 10 million cases a year is hand combing. The LiceMeister comb enables parents to remove head lice and nits manually, and a new shampoo just invented at Yale promises to make nits glow under ultraviolet light, making them easier to spot...
...projects." This way, you see, you can stop by and visit some of the most humble of your future subjects whenever the urge may strike. You know, do a little pp.r. for the monarchy, that sort of thing. And by the way, if I were you, I'd get rid of that Eton costume - top hats, long-tailed coats, fancy vests (waistcoats to you) and so forth - just as soon as you're finished with your A-levels. Granted, you carry off that sort of silly outfit better than most guys, but wearing something like that around in public...
LEVY: We've spent $165 million to get rid of asbestos in this city...
...idea of overthrowing Milosevic. "The center of gravity of opposition has not only moved away from Draskovic," says TIME Belgrade reporter Dejan Anastasijevic, "it has dissolved. Serbs have been demoralized by an opposition led by the same squabbling individuals for the past 10 years, who have failed to get rid of Milosevic despite an economic collapse and four wars that he started and lost." A growing number of Serbs have turned to a more diffuse, student-led protest movement, Otpor (meaning "resistance"). "Still, Otpor's plan was to put pressure on the traditional opposition leaders to create a single movement...