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...altogether different reason - researchers had been doubtful that a large, placebo-controlled trial could be conducted on such a large and elderly population for such a long period of time. In fact, DeKosky had recruited double the number of people who participated in the study - the volunteers, plus a study partner for each volunteer who ensured that participants would be available for follow up testing. "There have not been many prevention trials in Alzheimer's," says Thies. "This study says that you can run a study in this population and carry it out to its end. That's important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gingko Biloba Does Not Prevent Alzheimer's | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

Near the end of a four-hour-plus hearing, Lyman "Scott" Wostrel gave a grown man's choked testimony of the experience of abandonment. His mother gave him up at 14, he said. "It doesn't matter what a person says. The action speaks: I don't love you. Any kid can figure that out," he said. Wostrel is urging lawmakers to limit the law to newborns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defending Nebraska's Child-Abandonment Law | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

...donor, the value of the gift, the date received and the circumstances in which the gift was made.Time to dig up the old wedding registry to check whether the Williams and Sonoma bread maker in the back of the cupboard was over $50. Does your second cousin's plus-one count as a "close personal friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Obama Application | 11/18/2008 | See Source »

...were the top cops who had brought charges against the Naughty 40 in the first place. Now we will never know what happened to all our millions. So just mosey on over, Ted. And don't worry about what you'll leave behind. You'll have it all back plus a private game park and a few wine farms within six months. Llewellyn Kriel, ROODEPOORT, SOUTH AFRICA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America and Change | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

...been called the holy grail of the teaching profession - academic freedom plus job security all rolled nicely into a union contract. But to Michelle Rhee, superintendent of Washington D.C. schools, tenure just means trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tenure | 11/17/2008 | See Source »

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