Word: vinogradov
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Once upon a time, during the early throes of Russia's post-Soviet capitalist experiment, when the ascendant oligarchs feasted on the spoils of the old regime, Vladimir Vinogradov sat atop one of Russia's fattest banks and boasted of a burgeoning art collection-the prized jewel of which was a painting by the genius of the Suprematist movement, Kazimir Malevich...
...What a difference a devaluation makes. In Russia's financial crisis of 1998, Vinogradov's Inkombank went under and he plummeted from his position of wealth and power. But the fallout from his crash, Russian art experts warn, may soon get worse. As the ruins of Vinogradov's old empire are hawked in an upcoming bankruptcy sale, one of the world's most famous paintings stands to be sold for a fraction of its value amid whispered allegations of kickbacks and shady private profits...
...Thomas Szacz worried loudly about an overly medicated, drug-dependent society. But with more than 50 million Americans suffering from mental illnesses of varying degrees of severity, doctors in the clinical trenches felt they had no choice but to employ the best weapons at their disposal. Says Dr. Sophia Vinogradov, Barondes' UCSF colleague and a specialist in schizophrenia: "We now have a much more vigorous armamentarium for our patients...
...from witchcraft to the evil eye. Now scientists realize that schizophrenia is a complex syndrome resulting from the failure of various neurotransmitters--the chemical messengers that skip from one nerve cell to the next--including dopamine, serotonin and 5-hydroxytryptamine. "Certainly it's not caused by bad parenting," says Vinogradov. Knowing which neurotransmitters are implicated in the disease gives drugmakers precise targets around which to design better anti-schizophrenia compounds...