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Meantime he had his uncommon gift. His refuge was form, which for him equaled "sanity." After his favorite daughter and his wife died within a few years of each other, he could still produce poised, masterly poems that, as Pritchard poignantly notes, "bore out his spiritual persistence." They were Frost's way, if not of redeeming a harsh life, at least of transforming it and trying to make it inseparable from art. Ultimately, he confessed in another letter, he had only one anxiety: "Am I any good? That's what I'd like to know...
...slow response time that Reagan showed in the debate is not uncommon among older people. Said Dr. James Spar, a geriatrics psychiatrist at UCLA: "It's the kind of forgetfulness that when you reach back for a fact, it isn't there. But 20 minutes later, it comes back to you." Stress, not age, may explain Reagan's slips. "Any of us could be capable of that kind of performance live on national TV," said Dr. William Applegate, a geriatrics expert at the University of Tennessee...
Such brain injuries are not uncommon among boxers. An American doctor, Harrison Martland, observed as early as 1928 that boxers who took considerable punishment could become punch-drunk. Other physicians have documented the damage to fighters' brains. British Neurologist MacDonald Critchley reported in 1957 that a boxer's chances of suffering brain damage increased in direct proportion to the number of bouts fought. Another British researcher, Dr. J.A.N. Corsellis, reported in 1973 that he had examined the brains of 15 former fighters who had died of natural causes. Corsellis observed a striking pattern of cerebral changes rarely found...
There are no Nadias among them-her particular perfection remains unchallenged-but it is fitting that the Rumanians won the gold medal on the balance beam, the event that Comaneci had once commanded with uncommon aplomb. The beam, a 4-in.-wide strip that demands the greatest precision and exacts the severest penalties for the minutest errors, is the great winnower of women gymnasts. It is a tightrope without a net, and every bit as dangerous as turning handsprings on a cliff. Beam injuries have been crippling, and few women ever lose their fear of it. When it is done...
Many stumbling blocks remain. As Eduard Pannenborg, Philips' vice president for research, points out, "Much of what we have in Europe works out as an Uncommon Market. A lot of our thinking is still nationalistic." Some entrepreneurs and government officials are hopeful about a Community initiative called the European Strategic Program for Research and Development in Information Technologies (ESPRIT). Its proponents believe that the $1.3 billion five-year plan for cooperative research in microelectronics and data processing could lead to at least a partial, Europe-wide standardization in products of the future. Twelve participating ESPRIT companies agreed in March...