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Stone could not say enough about the accomplishments of her erstwhile ice star. In her fourth year as the coach of the Harvard women's hockey team, Stone identified Mleczko as the "spine of the program...
...holiday release of Scream 2 promises to once again send chills down America's spine, the movie's soundtrack delivers a unique mix of R & B and mainstream modern rock tracks that half-heartedly attempt to characterize the film. The combination of the two genres, however, provides a refreshing change from the normal movie soundtrack which, instead of providing variety, usually throws together a collection of similar-sounding tracks...
Evelyn Levin, a sixtysomething artist in New York's Westchester County, had a tough decision to make. The bones in her hips, thighs and spine were losing mass. But Levin, whose mother also suffered from the general weakening of the bones known as osteoporosis, didn't want to take estrogen. Although the hormone can reverse the bone-weakening process, it may also increase the risk of breast cancer. So Levin volunteered for a study of an experimental drug called raloxifene, which may confer most of the benefits of estrogen therapy without the risks. Although her doctors won't tell...
...neurosurgeons working in the U.S. today, 4,900 concentrate mostly on the spine and deal on average with only five or six brain tumors a year. Of the 100 who routinely work inside the skull, perhaps 50 specialize in blood-vessel repairs rather than tumors. Only the remaining 50 can be considered brain-tumor specialists, averaging 100 surgeries annually. Along with a handful of others, Black averages more like 250 such operations a year. His referrals come not only from the U.S. but from Europe, the Middle East, South America, Japan and Australia as well. A tumor that is inoperable...
...dreams that one day soon the people of Western Samoa will see the benefit of preserving not only the rain forests surrounding their villages but also the vast cloud forests that still cloak the sides of the volcanoes that form the spine of Savai'i. Here he hopes the villagers will agree to "make the biggest national park in the whole world," before the chain saws get there too. He wants them to become as excited about the project as he is, rather than have the impetus come from outside. Behind this goal lies a philosophy that runs through...