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...sandwich place which made a terrific roast beef.”After graduation, Leder enrolled in Harvard Medical School where he got his M.D.Given the socio-political climate of the sixties, Leder chose to join the National Institute of Health (NIH) to avoid the draft. Once in Bethesda, Leder wound up in Marshall W. Nirenberg’s lab, where he and others established the critical link between messenger RNA and protein, allowing scientists for the first time to predict protein sequences encoded by mRNA.“I saw the possibilities of working in science research...
...addition, the College extended its shuttle service to avoid stranding Quadlings in Lamont, and in October ceded to protesters who were demanding extended hours for the Quad Library...
...days, know they need to get it right the first time around. Members of Congress have also made clear to the Marines that if there are any gaps in the investigation, they will be made to go back to the drawing board immediately and answer every possible question to avoid a string of inquiries. The warning: "Don't make this Abu Ghraib. Do it right the first time." The prison scandal set off by Army reservists required repeated inquiries...
...terms set by Secretary Rice, their mastery of diplomacy suggests they're also unlikely to flatly reject the offer. More likely, they'll come back with a more qualified, nuanced offer - not altogether different from the one made by Condi Rice. As long as both sides prefer to avoid a violent confrontation, that's the kind of careful chess game they'll continue to play...
Some of the credit for Kabila's "soft landing" in Kinshasa may be owed to the persistent intervention of President Nelson Mandela of South Africa, who together with Richardson spent weeks trying to broker a deal that would avoid major bloodshed. It was partly at Mandela's urging that Mobutu relinquished his dictatorship. But early last week the South African leader's effort appeared to have collapsed, after Kabila failed to appear for a meeting with Mandela and Mobutu aboard a South African naval vessel docked off the port of Pointe Noire. Mandela, who had been host aboard the same...