Word: subjects
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Ricky (excellently played by Wes Bentley), Burnham's teenage neighbor. A strange outcast, Ricky videotapes everything "because it is beautiful." Beauty, for him, lies in stripping away any layer from a thing until it is totally naked. He uses his video camera to get to the essence of a subject. That is, he struggles to see things as they are, while his parents and neighbors distract themselves with various illusions. Right before his death, Burnham recognizes the truth of Ricky's perspective, reaching, in a way, nirvana. He remembers the early days of his marriage, his love for wife...
...Boulder County D.A. Alexander Hunter is shielding the well-to-do ? and well-connected ? Ramseys from the brunt of the investigation. The grand jury, however, could find nothing with which to nail them ? or anyone else. Now it looks as if JonBenet's death, for nearly three years the subject of national interest ? and obsession ? will become a matter for state investigators. At this stage, whatever trail of evidence there might have been has surely run as cold as the upcoming Colorado winter...
...delivers the "feel good" or "I?m full" message to the brain every few minutes. While the precise connection between the treatment and the emotional or physical response remains a mystery to scientists, this treatment could hold real promise: The Associated Press reports that one severely depressed test subject was up and laughing on the day he received his implant...
...This is very interesting technology, although it?s actually a more elegant version of techniques that have been used to treat depression for decades," says TIME medical writer Christine Gorman. Promising initial results aside, there are some risks to the stimulator: One severely depressed test subject became manic for a short time after the initial implant; fortunately, the patient?s mood returned to a normal ? and happy ? state after doctors adjusted the electric input. Another potential problem: The implant could be abused by patients trying to lose weight; canine test subjects lost up to one third of their body weight...
...probably be the subject of one of those hokey made-for-TV movies. Not that Dr. Jerri Nielsen, the sole physician at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica, is likely to cooperate with the network bigwigs. Nielsen, trapped at the station by the fierce Antarctic winter, has become famous for reportedly having found a lump in her breast and for treating herself with chemotherapy drugs dropped to the isolated settlement in a daring air mission. She's also made it clear that she's not keen on having every detail of her plight made public - specifics...