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...opened gunfire in the cafeteria of a high school conducting summer school classes. Thankfully no one was hurt because the shots had been fired towards the ceiling, but my co-worker still thought the event was "fantastic." That afternoon we had already booked Gavin de Becker, a leading expert in predicting violent behavior and the author of The Gift of Fear: Survival Signs that Protect Us From Violence. The show's senior producer was overjoyed that audiences would believe that we had managed to spontaneously book De Becker during the two hour window between the shooting and our live taping...
...Rockefeller-sponsored meeting that Potrykus met the University of Freiburg's Peter Beyer, an expert on the beta-carotene pathway in daffodils. By combining their expertise, the two scientists figured, they might be able to remedy this unfortunate oversight in nature. So in 1993, with some $100,000 in seed money from the Rockefeller Foundation, Potrykus and Beyer launched what turned into a seven-year, $2.6 million project, backed also by the Swiss government and the European Union. "I was in a privileged situation," reflects Potrykus, "because I was able to operate without industrial support. Only in that situation...
...then to the U.S. in 1981. After opening a small variety shop on Hester Street, then on the outskirts of Chinatown, she somehow obtained naturalization papers. A year later she was joined by her husband and children. According to Peter Kwong, a professor at Hunter College and an expert on people smuggling, she appeared at a fortuitous time, when ties between China and the U.S. were warming, opening trade, travel and tourist links. "For years the only way out of China was to work as a seaman and then jump ship," says Kwong. "She was here when other means became...
...Weld) and surreal rarities (a moon-walking midget on the Venezuelan variety show Sensationalissimo!). Grant also pays tribute to "deceased artistes" you might not be aware had died--or had ever lived. In an age when the megamovie blitz is annihilating the art film and the B film, such expert devotion to the banquet of cinema culture deserves a wider audience. Say, CBS, could Ed replace Big Brother...
Cautious optimism also pervades the Rogosin Institute in New York City, where Dr. Bruce Gordon, an expert on treating high cholesterol, became intrigued with the fact that cholesterol and blood lipids (fats) in people with severe illness or injury tend to drop to abnormally low levels. This makes them more vulnerable to sepsis, he reasoned, because one of the lipids' functions is to bind to and neutralize endotoxins. His unorthodox solution (especially for someone known for fighting high cholesterol): try to raise lipid levels in sepsis victims...