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...merely unseasonable. According to the heavens, we have six more weeks of spring before summer officially sets in; this heat wave has hit a bit early. And though March marked the beginning of spring, winter’s ghost has only recently departed, leaving behind a snowy swirl of April flurries. It’s as if we’ve gone straight from cold to hot with nothing in between. We’re missing that key transition...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, | Title: On Spring | 5/3/2001 | See Source »

...Even taste sensations can travel through the brain and loop back to muscles. Tasting a nutrient, he says, stimulates an area of the brain responsible for muscle reflexes, so that a patient with a liver condition can swirl bile salts on his tongue and feel his pectorals strengthen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man with Magic Fingers | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

Even taste sensations can travel through the brain and loop back to muscles. Tasting a nutrient, he says, stimulates an area of the brain responsible for muscle reflexes, so that a patient with a liver condition can swirl bile salts on his tongue and feel his pectorals strengthen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alternative Medicine / Applied Kinesiology: The Man with Magic Fingers | 4/16/2001 | See Source »

Consumers are thus caught in a non-stop swirl of studies and alarms mixed with repeated assurances by the $100 billion cell-phone industry--led by such respected names as Motorola, Ericsson and Nokia--that there is nothing to worry about. Says Norman Sandler, Motorola's top safety spokesman: "This is not an issue that has suddenly come to the forefront. It has been vigorously discussed in open scientific meetings for years on end." (On one point virtually all sides agree: talking on a cell phone while driving can lead to accidents, which is why communities in New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buzzing About Safety | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

...Gore lawyers were poring over the Court's swirl of words with a reflexive eye for loopholes. Back to the Florida Supremes, maybe squeeze in a count by Dec. 18? If the Justices left Gore some wiggle room (and Ed Rendell got pounced on for suggesting he had none), the spinners made it known that Gore would consider wiggling. But Gore's lawyers will be hard-pressed to get him a stay of what the newspapers will call, with some gratefulness, a 5-4 political execution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Now, the End Is Near | 12/13/2000 | See Source »

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