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Turns out the "sales" that Johnny P. was now doing for a living were in pharmaceuticals, and just recently, he said, his company had taken on superslime. Was I aware of the special introductory offer available to new surgeons, for a limited time only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When the Patient Is a Celebrity | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

...institutes for advanced study in the United States in its inclusion of creative artists in the fellowship program,” said Barbara J. Grosz, interim dean of the Institute. “We find that it is invigorating to the artists and the academics alike to have this special kind of cross-disciplinary engagement...

Author: By Alexander B. Cohn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Arts On Top...for the First Time? | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

Lisa Landry is known for her Comedy Central performances, starring in her own special “Comedy Central Presents Lisa Landry,” and has appeared on the network’s “Premium Blend.” Also a commentator on E!’s “Forbes Top 100 Celebrities” and a contributing writer to US Weekly’s “Fashion Police,” she performs as often as she can, having become a regular at the Comic Strip Live, Gotham Comedy Club, and the Comedy...

Author: By Victoria D. Sung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Comics ‘Stand’ Our Questions | 10/19/2007 | See Source »

...body, insulin helps convert food into cellular energy. But the brain has other uses for insulin, namely as a means to learn and make new memories. Here's how it works: At synapses, the spaces across which brain cells communicate and where memories are conceived, neurons reserve special parking spots just for insulin. When the hormone pulls in, a connection is made that enables new memories to form. Since new memory formation is one of the first things to go awry in people with early stages of the disease, this insulin-initiated process may hold the key to decoding...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Alzheimer's a Form of Diabetes? | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

...skies and sunshine, one Beijinger, who didn't want his name used for obvious reasons, joked that the absence of the dirty gray cloud of polluted mist that typically hangs over the city must have been organized for the meeting: "They'll use it for the Olympics. It's special technology with Chinese characteristics like the stuff they use to keep the leaders' hair black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Media Circus with Chinese Characteristics | 10/18/2007 | See Source »

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