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In "Globescan" (International page, March 15, 2006), a reader points out that the heading, "New drug reverses heart disease" is misleading. The report (a study) said a regimen of very intensive cholesterol lowering statin drug therapy can partially reverse the build-up of plaque in the coronary arteries. The reader says statins is a class of drug that already exists and an increase in dosage of the drug helps in reversing heart disease partially. "So it is not a new drug, but an aggressive usage of an existing drug."

It is "decad" and not "decade" ("Mystical experience", Religion, March 15, 2006), says a reader, with reference to a "decade of verses" mentioned in the column. Is he right? According to the Oxford Dictionary, "decad" means "The number of ten, as the perfect number of the Pythogoreans", while a meaning of "decade" is "Each of ten books or parts of a single literary work". In this context, our usage fits!

In the article on Mozart — 1756 to 1791 — ("That twinkling little star, MetroPlus, February 27, 2006), in the blurb we wrongly said it was 250 years after his death; it is 250 years since his birth. In the text, the reference to the popular ad jingle for Titan watches and its signature tune should be to Mozart's Twenty-fifth Symphony, and not Fifth.

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