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...Yale biologist, Ross G. Harrison, unveiled his concept of a "sculptor" and "master builder" within each living cell. The sculptor, The Times said, "molds the aboriginal clay of life into his own image," while the master builder "organizes the stuff of life into its various tissues and organs...
...that they would go along in principle with a brief extension of Nakasone's reign as party president, but objected to giving him a full, two-year third term. Confronted by the Prime Minister's impressive mandate at the polls, however, they may waver. Nakasone is a talented coalition builder, and he now has the undivided support of Japan's Western allies. By the fall, when the L.D.P. meets to plot its future, the Prime Minister could overcome the dwindling forces of his adversaries...
When I told my paternal grandfather of my acceptance to Harvard, the retired builder and son of a Rumanian immigrant turned nostalgic. "Never in a million years when I was pumping gas in the Bronx terminal market did I think my grandson would attend Harvard," he told me. My mother's father, an immigrant from Warsaw and a shopkeeper, wept and drank to my health...
...linguine, dresses in well-tailored designer clothes and still lives in Buttrio, the small village (pop. 2,200) in northeastern Italy where she was raised. But beneath that traditional exterior, Danieli, 43, is a lady who confounds expectations. As the chief executive of Danieli of Buttrio, a leading builder of steel mills and manufacturer of steelmaking equipment, she is a high-heeled boss in a hard-hat world--and a remarkably good boss at that. While much of the global steel industry has been depressed for almost a decade, Danieli has achieved phenomenal growth, earned record profits and built...
Much of the credit for Danieli's success goes to the hands-on management style of Cecilia Danieli, who is equally comfortable discussing the fine art of steelmaking with her technicians or negotiating deals with customers. Says W.J. Robertshaw, spokesman for Davy McKee, a British builder of steel mills: "We tend to respect them very much as a power in the land. Danieli is a very resourceful Italian company...