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...dignity and renders them helpless. They become confused, lose track of time and are eventually unable to recognize spouses and other loved ones. Physiologically, Alzheimer's manifests itself in the form of abnormal protein deposits in the brain. But the reason these insidious tangles and plaques build up remains unknown...
...OFFICIALS announced last week that West German President Richard von Weizsacker will be the principal speaker at this year's Commencement Exercises. In picking the figurehead leader of a European nation to deliver the prestigious address, the University for the second year in a row chose a speaker relatively unknown in the United States. Unfortunately, last year's speaker--Lord Carrington, the head of NATO--lived up to his modest pre-billing by delivering a longwinded and sparsely attended address. There is every reason to hope, however, that this year will be different. The selection of President von Weizsacker...
...that the ABM treaty, as currently applied, prohibits testing or deploying antimissile systems in space. Weinberger has been leading the fight within the Administration for a "broader" interpretation of the treaty, which emphasizes an appendage that may allow the development of systems based on "physical principles" that were unknown when the treaty was written. The State Department agreed that this interpretation is "legally correct," but Secretary of State George Shultz has so far been able to prevent the Administration from abandoning the more restrictive reading that has been in force for 15 years...
WILL VINTON started out smail, an unknown with a lotta heart and guts to spare. His first effort, crude, untutored, won an Oscar. Okay, it's inconsequential, a tiny splash in that shark-infested pond called Show Business, but it was something. A start. A beginning. And now, after years of hard work, he's hit the big time--Domino's Pizza commericials...
...later ash-Shiraa, the Lebanese newspaper that first broke the story of the secret talks between Iran and the U.S., reported that Waite was likely to be released sometime this week. Lebanese Leader Nabih Berri made a similar predication. But for the moment, the Anglican envoy's whereabouts were unknown...