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...only way out for Chuck, and we are given to understand that they both emerge from the experience better men. Chuck and Carlyn get married, and Buck is seen at their wedding sidling up to a more appropriate object for his affections. We, however, are left in a somewhat larger emotional limbo...
...Research and development is somewhat of a misnomer in Japan," says Robert Lewis, former associate director of the Tsukuba Research Consortium, a hub of high-tech companies in central Japan. "Most of the money goes to improving an existing product, not to basic research." Even when an inventor comes up with a hot product, the country's strong ethic of subordination of individuals to groups holds sway. Take the case of Aki Komikado, an unassuming sales-and-marketing employee who invented the Tamagotchi digital pet in 1996. The toy craze earned her employer, Bandai, $350 million, but Komikado didn...
...biotech firm located in Ireland, reported that they had developed a vaccine that could shrink the plaques--at least in mice. Here the idea is to prime the immune system to treat amyloid proteins just as it would any foreign invader and target them for destruction. The concept is somewhat counterintuitive, since most researchers believe that at least part of the damage in Alzheimer's disease is caused by the immune system's overreaction to the presence of plaques and tangles. But the idea was so simple and the animal studies were so encouraging that Elan researchers decided...
...that's good, because, unlike the NBA or NFL All-Star games (quick, name anyone other than Alonzo Mourning who played defense in the NBA game), baseball's is actually played for pride and taken somewhat seriously - remember Pedro's strikeouts last year? Dave Parker's throw in '79? Pete Rose's cheap shot on Ray Fosse? And that's especially true of the new guys, just happy to be there and working hard to win one for the league...
...course, we have even more reason for our somewhat smug recognition. For, unless you've been living a hermit-like existence in one of those New York subway tunnels, you must know that this weekend sees the release of the fourth Harry Potter book, "The Goblet of Fire." The print run is huge, the hype is sky-high. Amazon.com is dealing with an onslaught of orders...