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...Arthur Hochstein (Deputy Art Director); Linda Louise Freeman (Covers); Steve Conley, Jennifer Napoli, Billy Powers, Irene Ramp, Ina Saltz, John F. White (Associate Art Directors); Joseph Aslaender, Nomi Silverman, Kenneth B. Smith (Assistant Art Directors); David Drapkin, Leah M. Purcell (Designers); John P. Dowd (Traffic) Maps and Charts: Joe Lertola (Associate Graphics Director); Paul J. Pugliese (Chief of Cartography); Leslie Dickstein, Steven D. Hart, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells Administration: Carrie A. Zimmerman
...Arthur Hochstein (Deputy Art Director); Linda Louise Freeman (Covers); Steve Conley, Jennifer Napoli, Billy Powers, Irene Ramp, Ina Saltz, John F. White (Associate Art Directors); Joseph Aslaender, Nomi Silverman, Kenneth B. Smith (Assistant Art Directors); David Drapkin, Leah M. Purcell (Designers); John P. Dowd (Traffic) Maps and Charts: Joe Lertola (Associate Graphics Director); Paul J. Pugliese (Chief of Cartography); Leslie Dickstein, Steven D. Hart, Nino Telak, Deborah L. Wells Administration: Carrie A. Zimmerman...
...consumer advocates who argue for mandatory seafood inspection. At present, the handling of fish -- as opposed to poultry and meat -- is largely unregulated by the Federal Government. "The study is highly disturbing, because it further proves that contaminated seafood is readily making its way to consumers' plates," says Jodie Silverman of Public Voice for Food and Health Policy. But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration disputed Consumer Reports' findings, arguing that the sample is too small to be significant...
...designed a test focused on the ability to discern and later recall the location of objects in a complex, random pattern. In series of tests, student volunteers were given a minute to study a drawing that contained such unrelated objects as an elephant, a guitar and a cat. Then Silverman and Eals presented their subjects with a second drawing containing additional objects and told them to cross out those items that had been added and circle any that had moved. Sure enough, the women consistently surpassed the men in giving correct answers...
...take notice, however, was the fact that the women scored much better on the mental-rotation test while they were menstruating. Specifically, they improved their scores by 50% to 100% whenever their estrogen levels were at their lowest. It is not clear why this should be. However, Silverman and Eals are trying to find out if women exhibit a similar hormonal effect for any other visual tasks...