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...lights one by one. That's what Alzheimer's disease does. It turns off the lights so that the flow of ideas, emotions and memories from one room to the next slows and eventually ceases. And sadly--as anyone who has ever watched a parent, a sibling, a spouse succumb to the spreading darkness knows--there is no way to stop the lights from turning off, no way to switch them back on once they've grown dim. At least...
...Pennsylvania, for one 34. Dough raiser 36. www.time.com e.g. 37. Intel's CEO, who's downplayed the impact of a Microsoft split 39. Hero of the NBA championship 41. Siouan-speaking tribesmen 43. Olympus Mountains peak 44. Ohio representative Tony, who is seeking a congressional apology for slavery 47. Succumb to the throwing yips, say 49. Bikini, for one 51. Fijian rebel leader, whose armed takeover of parliament has led to the imposition of martial law 55. North __, where Coke recently made its debut 56. Part of R.S.V.P. 57. Fouts, who has joined the Monday Night Football team 58. Rough...
...times. Ellis Amburn tells it again in The Most Beautiful Woman in the World: The Obsessions, Passions, and Courage of Elizabeth Taylor (Cliff Street Books/HarperCollins), and it is still sort of riveting--amazing trashiness and unforgivable self-indulgence redeemed by a sense of humor and a fierce refusal to succumb. What used to be called sex goddesses made their living by enacting a travesty of sex. Marilyn Monroe played wriggling, dumb-blond comedy, and ended in tragedy. Taylor has got through by the grace of a life principle that lives in the house of comedy...
...Crimson's first Ivy loss may have left the team disappointed for the moment, but one game later, all unhappy thoughts would succumb to the joy of winning the Ivy title...
...course, any future mutations, which could take several human generations to occur, are of little concern to the thousands of Americans who currently succumb to superbugs each year. "Antibiotic resistance is a huge problem both in nursing homes and in hospitals, where people's immune systems tend to be compromised to begin with," notes Horowitz. "And the pharmaceutical companies have many more antibiotics in development. It's a huge market where companies can make a lot of money...