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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (99280)	2/8/2005 10:18:39 AM
From: DMaA	Respond to of 793639

"her bosses known sentiments" Known by whom? Everything I read said the General had nothing but high regard for Mr. Bush's service. And Ms Karr's recollection of his opinion is contradicted by her Boss's family.

To: Mary Cluney who wrote (99280)	2/8/2005 12:02:38 PM
From: Volsi Mimir	Respond to of 793639

The newspaper said that Knox, 86, had precise recollection about dates, people and events. >>>> Not saying that it is not possible to be precise but not probable to be precise is more normal as most know if they were deposed or were to give testimony. I had just read on Sunday in a local paper about false memory but I could not find it-- I didn't remember the headline (g) and its what I need to link, but found similar articles like this one on line: Use it or Lose it Applies to Memory upliftprogram.com August 13, 2003 In his old age, American humorist Mark Twain once mused that his mental faculties had decayed such that he could remember only things that never happened. "When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not," Twain wrote. "But my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this, but we all have to do it." Modern science has confirmed Twain's conjecture--research shows that memory skills tend to decline dramatically in old age, with decreasing levels of accuracy and increasing errors. However, new research from Washington University in St. Louis suggests age-related cognitive decay may not be as inevitable as Twain contended. "Our study suggests that the failing memories of older adults, including their tendency to remember things that never happened, are not an inevitable consequence of aging," said Henry L "Roddy" Roediger III, study co-author and James S McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Washington University. In research presented at the American Psychological Association meeting in Toronto, Roediger provides evidence that false memories and other cognitive declines often associated with normal aging can be more directly linked to measurable declines in executive control functions in frontal brain lobes.