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USC made its offer to neuroscientists a no-brainer
The courtship that has riveted the neuroscience world blossomed at a Saturday night dinner in a tony Brentwood restaurant. USC provost Elizabeth Garrett and executive vice provost Michael Quick kept the conversation light. Over chicken with braised...
Tags: Networking, Technology, Game Playing, Teachers, Colleges and Universities
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But then a funny thing happened
I was on my way to a stand-up comedy gig in some Godforsaken place about three hours out of Los Angeles, and I asked the headliner, who was driving and rolling a joint simultaneously, if he knew anybody who might be able to tolerate me. He'd been...
Tags: September 11, 2001 Attacks, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Stand-up Comedy
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Movie review: 'Stories We Tell' looks at truth, secrecy and memory
Don't be fooled by its deceptively simple title or the hesitant, unassuming way it begins. Writer-director Sarah Polley's "Stories We Tell" ends up an invigorating powerhouse of a personal documentary, adventurous and absolutely fascinating....
Tags: Film Festivals, Celebrities, Sundance Film Festival, Rashomon (movie), Stories We Tell (movie)
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Scientists create human embryos to make stem cells
For the first time, scientists have created human embryos that are genetic copies of living people and used them to make stem cells — a feat that paves the way for treating a range of diseases with personalized body tissues but also ignites fears of...
Tags: George W. Bush, Science, Stanford University, Science and Technology, Nobel Prize Awards
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PASSINGS: Vincent G. Dowling, John La Montaine
Vincent G. Dowling Actor, director gave Tom Hanks early break Actor and director Vincent G. Dowling, 83, who left behind a long career with Ireland's national theater to run a Shakespeare festival in Cleveland where he gave a young Tom Hanks an...
Tags: Journalism, Richard Nixon, Republic of Ireland, Festive Events, Music Industry
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Letters: Syria's war, Israel's strategy
Re editorial cartoon, May 7 Jeff Danziger takes a cheap shot, as well as a simplistic one, by characterizing Israel as dragging the United States toward conflict in Syria. Had he examined the situation in greater depth, he would have discovered that...Tags: Bashar Assad, Israel, Tehran (Iran)
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James Tolbert dies at 86; lawyer pressed Hollywood on civil rights
In a Hollywood auditorium, James L. Tolbert tried to induce a room packed with broadcasting and advertising executives to essentially join the civil rights movement in 1963 by pointing out the obvious. "We Negroes watch 'Bonanza' and buy Chevrolets....
Tags: Loyola University New Orleans, Media Industry, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice, Rentals
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Letters: The Alzheimer's journey
Re "Her illness, his obsession," May 5 I felt such a connection to Ken Chiate after reading the beautifully written story of his determination to treat his wife's Alzheimer's disease. My husband has dementia, or as I call it, "Mr. Hyde." I tried a...
Tags: Israel, Enbrel (drug), Diseases and Illnesses, General Practitioners
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USC steals 2 star brain researchers from UCLA
In a major case of academic poaching involving crosstown rivals, USC has lured away two prominent neuroscientists from UCLA with a promise to expand their internationally renowned lab that uses brain imaging techniques to study Alzheimer's disease,...
Tags: Barack Obama, Politics, Teachers, Political Fundraising, Colleges and Universities
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Letters: The politics of corporations
Re "SEC and political spending," Editorial, May 7 How, precisely, would a rule requiring corporations to disclose their political contributions protect shareholders' interests, as opposed to the interests of those who are seeking such a rule, whom The...Tags: U.S. Congress
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Al Fritz dies at 88; Schwinn exec developed the Sting-Ray bike
For much of the 1960s and the early 1970s, no suburban streetscape would have been complete without them: A squadron of kids clutching sky-high handlebars on low-slung bikes in eye-popping, hot-rod colors. Equipped with a curved banana seat, the Schwinn...
Tags: Barrington, Stroke
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Newlywed's year of solo travel reinforces a bond
Just four months into marriage, my husband and I were having trouble connecting. Like, actually connecting. The Internet in South Africa was terrible. "I can hear you. Can you hear me?" I shouted from my end, the common room of a Cape Town hostel....
Tags: Honeymooning, United Nations, Diseases and Illnesses, Trips and Vacations, Skype
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