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...victory over Quinnipiac Saturday night.Goalie David McKee made 23 saves as the Big Red (8-3-1, 5-2-1 ECAC) scored twice in the third period to overcome a 1-0 deficit. Matt Moulson’s goal tied the game.After a scoreless first period, Mark Van Vliet put the Bobcats (9-9-0, 3-7-0) ahead with a goal at 6:09 of the second period.Goalie Bud Fisher stopped 22 shots for the Bobcats, who lost for the seventh time in eight games.PROVIDENCE 5, BROWN 1PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Providence put 48 shots on goal...

Author: By Associated press, | Title: ECAC ROUNDUP: Cornell Surges To Top Quinnipiac | 12/5/2005 | See Source »

Earlier this year, a team of University of Chicago physicians led by Ernest and surgeon Dr. Samir Patel performed a complex operation on Pearl Van Vliet, a retired medical-center receptionist who was suffering from the same condition that had deprived Ernest's father of his sight. That disease is known as age-related macular degeneration, in which the eye's macula, a remarkably sensitive structure in the middle of the retina, gradually loses its ability to distinguish shapes and colors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN SEARCH OF SIGHT | 10/1/1997 | See Source »

...delicate procedure that lasted more than two hours, Ernest and his team tried a new and hopeful approach to macular degeneration. They first took cells from the retina of an aborted fetus, then surgically transplanted them into Van Vliet's severely impaired left eye. Since the operation, the transplanted cells have begun to proliferate, forming minute projections that stretch toward Van Vliet's macula. For Ernest, a large, affable man of 62, the weekly ritual of scrutinizing the eye scans that chronicle Van Vliet's recovery from surgery proved intensely satisfying, not only professionally but also because of his frustrating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN SEARCH OF SIGHT | 10/1/1997 | See Source »

...that adding fetal RPE cells to laboratory cultures sent white blood cells, which attack transplanted tissue, into overdrive. Curiously, however, adding even greater numbers of RPE cells to the culture appeared to force the white blood cells into a quiescent state, thus lowering the chances of rejection. Pearl Van Vliet's transplant, accordingly, contained a souped-up 250,000 fetal RPE cells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IN SEARCH OF SIGHT | 10/1/1997 | See Source »

...important thing these days is to get the customer relaxed," says Wally Vliet, the manager of Media Play in downtown Denver. "A coffee bar helps build traffic. It would be conspicuous by its absence." Leonard Reggio, ceo of Barnes & Noble, pioneered the superstore concept in New York City five years ago and always envisioned it as a local gathering place. "You can't really hang around a Linens 'n Things or a Today's Man," he reasons. "When you go into a bookstore, you are going to meet people like...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: DOESTOYEVSKY AND A DECAF | 6/5/1995 | See Source »

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