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...much of human behavior is learned, not hardwired. So what practical results might come from his work? Balaban sees it as a first step toward a very different goal: learning enough about the structure and function of the brain so that when human brain cells are damaged, say by stroke, other cells might be recruited to take over...
...stroke of deja vu, this year's squad has endured the same rough season, number eight seed, and home preliminary round match-up. But can they successfully cross through the looking glass a second time...
...entertainment electronics, Sony invaded Hollywood in 1989 by buying Columbia and TriStar Pictures; in November 1994 the corporation took a $3.2 billion write-off for five years of studio mismanagement. Soon afterward, Sony co-founder Akio Morita, who had continued to help guide the company despite suffering a stroke in 1993, resigned as chairman. Then Sony found itself losing ground to rivals in the race to develop the digital videodisc, expected to replace the videocassette recorder and the compact disc...
Adult-onset diabetes, also called Type II diabetes, has been found to increase the risk of heart disease and stroke by six times in women and by three to four times in men. It is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults and causes kidney failure and nerve damage...
...earnest courtship of congressional Republicans has resulted in one early, tentative payoff. For once, no one's lips are forming the words "dead on arrival" to describe the President's plan. But they are guarded. "I'm not sure he has the political stroke yet to get done what he knows has to get done," Senate majority leader Trent Lott told TIME. "I know the budget they're sending up here next week will not be as honest and will have more gimmicks in it than he wanted...