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June 28, 2015  |  By Edward J Boyer  |  In Longer Takes

The Brain Trust

“When I operate and look at the structure of the brain under the microscope, what I’m looking at is God’s art.”
He has been called ‘brilliant,’ a ‘superstar,’ even a god. Neurosurgeon Keith Black is zeroing in on a way to zap malignant tumors.

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June 25, 2015  |  By Edward J Boyer  |  In Columns

The Origin of Hip

George Robinson, approaching his 80s, was helping his wife with her boots one recent winter.

For some reason, she was uncomfortable, and putting them on became a challenge. Finally, after some struggle, the boots were in place. Robinson, a resident of Detroit, then looked up at her and said: ”There, honey. I’ve got you hipped and booted.”

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    Helllo June Smith, there is a hyperlink in my post to Chris Campion's profile of Fayne in the Guardian. If…

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I was hooked on becoming an ink-stained wretch after seeing my first byline when I was in 4th Grade and covered a basketball tournament for our elementary school newspaper in Detroit. Those bylines continued on newspapers in high school, at Wayne State University and at the two dailies in the Motor City. I left daily journalism for nearly six years to work as a correspondent for Time magazine, but returned as a writer and editor at the Los Angeles Times…[Read More]

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