Word: scientists
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seemed out in left field in terms of research on Alzheimer's disease, the dread brain disorder that afflicts as many as 4 million Americans. His theory that a particular gene puts people at high risk for Alzheimer's just didn't get much attention or respect from fellow scientists. But after months of tirelessly making his case, Roses is no longer dismissed; instead he is being courted by drug companies eager to use his research to find a diagnostic test and treatment. At a medical meeting in New York City last week, Roses presented fresh evidence and stirred even...
...Cuba's case, the choice was to promote economic reform first. That will transform the state." The yummies admit that major alterations in the political system are unlikely anytime soon. "How can you open up political reform while the economy is a mess? It's suicidal," argues political scientist Santiago Perez Benitez. "Gorbachev did that, but now there's no one in Russia to make the economic changes...
More broadly still, some politicians believe the Los Angeles election foreshadows the twilight of liberal mayors. Says Eric Schockman, a University of Southern California political scientist: "The end of the economic growth machine in urban areas 2 1/2 years ago brought joblessness, escalating crime because you could no longer afford to fight it, and now a shift in big urban power structures. L.A. is one of the dominoes along the way." Schockman foresees a new kind of leadership aimed at transcending ethnic and economic divisions and "saving us from ourselves...
...tutorial studies four cases, directed by both a policy specialist and a scientist. This year, the class analyzed wetlands, toxicology and risk analysis, ozone depletion and deforestation...
Upon completion of his list, one life remained free. "That is because," he said, "I'd like to keep open the option for another lifetime as a surgeon-scientist...