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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Moreover, Harvard does not treat such projects lightly. They went out and hired one of the most prestigious--and expensive--architects in the area. Graham Gund, whose father lent his name to Harvard's design school building. They also decided to install a phone and heating...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Gatehousegate | 8/2/1983 | See Source »

...pursuit of those mutual interests inevitably leads through numerous restaurants and bars. The Japanese treat wining and dining as part of their business day; many managers wield expense accounts that rival their salaries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Negotiation Waltz | 8/1/1983 | See Source »

...culture of adaptation saves time and energy. It promotes service and flexibility. It enables its members to concentrate on refinements, rather than lose themselves in Promethean false starts. They can treat the whole world as their unpaid research lab. Japan made cars and trucks before World War II, but the prototype that launched the world triumphs of the Japanese auto industry was the American Jeep, a tough, open, naive and compact vehicle that became a common sight in the country after 1945. It was a Volkswagen without a Volk. It showed, as no Buick staff car could, that four wheels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Art of All They Do | 8/1/1983 | See Source »

Alzheimer's disease would be far easier to treat and detect if doctors knew what caused it. The fact that the disease often occurs in several members of the same family suggests that a genetic factor is at work. This factor "is most prominent in very early onset cases," says University of Minnesota Psychiatrist Leonard Heston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Slow, Steady and Heartbreaking | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

Scientists are experimenting with a number of other treatments for AD. Among them: piracetam, a drug used by European doctors to treat memory disorders, head injuries and learning disabilities in children; and naloxone, a chemical that blocks the action of opiate-like substances in the brain. The results so far are not encouraging. Admits Price "There is no effective therapy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Slow, Steady and Heartbreaking | 7/11/1983 | See Source »

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