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...Mars produced a slow-to-melt candy that was perfect for an era without air conditioning--and M&M's became a staple of American life, finding their way into World War II G.I. ration kits and children's school lunch bags. The treat, along with the firm's other name brands (from 3 Musketeers to the pet food Sheba), earned the Mars family a $16 billion fortune. An eccentric recluse, he gave only one interview in his life--to a candy-industry magazine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Jul. 12, 1999 | 7/12/1999 | See Source »

...remarkable plasticity of the brain has put scientists in hot pursuit of novel ways to treat a host of ailments. "What we are is a product of learning progressions in the brain," says Michael Merzenich, a neuroscientist at the University of California, San Francisco, and a co-founder of Scientific Learning. "A lot of people are thinking about how to use intensive training to remediate the impairments of mankind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retraining Your Brain | 7/5/1999 | See Source »

...goals are that the university will treat us like human beings and not like slaves," Travers said. "They do treat us like slaves, and they don't recognize...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Guards Likely to Approve Deal With University | 7/2/1999 | See Source »

...smoothies, proclaimed the "smart treat" on the Baskin Robbins menu, come in four varieties: Berries Gone Banana, Passion for Peach, Very Strawberry and Aloha Berry Banana--all with Baskin Robbins' special ingredient, the so-called "Juice Splash...

Author: By Kirsten G. Studlien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Icy Treats Beat Summer Heat | 7/2/1999 | See Source »

...years ago there wasn't a pill in the world that had been proved to reduce a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. Today there are two: tamoxifen, which doctors have used for more than 25 years to treat breast tumors after they have formed; and raloxifene, a newer drug that was originally designed to prevent osteoporosis but that, according to a study in last week's issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, may also afford some protection against breast cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Double Duty | 6/28/1999 | See Source »

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