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...effect"; it seems to carve a pathway in the brain that leaves 70% of its victims vulnerable to another attack. "While a psychosocial stress can be involved in the onset of the first episode, the triggering mechanism for subsequent depressions can be more autonomous," says Robert Post, the NIMH scientist who developed the kindling theory. "Once someone has a number of depressions, they are likely to happen on their...
...your way to the MFA, take an interestingdetour at the world headquarters of the FirstChurch of Christ, Scientist (T: Symphony). The19th century Mother Church is to ChristianScientists what St. Peter's in Rome is toCatholics...
Talented acting by the entire cast gives depth and nuances to the one-note characters. Especially commendable is Richard Nash, who plays both Senator Hum and scientist Harry Stranger. The plot is full of odd digressions, but its basic theme is Stranger's efforts to finance his time machine and use it for the benefit of humanity...
...that mishap -- come at a time of unprecedented discontent with his 23-year leadership of the Palestine Liberation Organization. The chairman, his detractors say, has become too autocratic, too out of touch, too unresponsive to a changing world scene. "He's become the Palestinian Leonid Brezhnev," complains a political scientist at the West Bank's An-Najah University...
...Angeles floods to shame, like the 1928 storm that bombarded southwestern Nebraska with hailstones the size of grapefruit. Or the blizzard of 1888 that buried the Eastern Seaboard in snowdrifts the size of four-story buildings. "There is a record set somewhere every day," says Steve Zebiak, an atmospheric scientist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory...