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...repositories of genetic information, and certain proteins, called enzymes, did all the work. But research conducted in the past decade by Sidney Altman of Yale University and Thomas Cech of the University of Colorado at Boulder has forced scientists to alter completely their ideas not only of how cells function but also of how life on earth began. Last week the Nobel Prize for Chemistry went to Altman and Cech, with the citation that "many chapters in our textbooks have to be revised" as a result of their pioneering studies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nobel Prizes: Surprise, Triumph - and Controversy | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

Then, later in the year, I got the flu. I had that bummer variety--when you're not sick enough to stay in your room and sleep all day, but not well enough to function normally...

Author: By Darshak M. Sanghavi, | Title: Saying the 'L' Word to the Folks | 10/21/1989 | See Source »

...very much `what's going on in our department now'," says Economics Head Tutor J. Bradford Delong '82. "It's not `we need x, y, z to function...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Faculty Lays the Groundwork for Expansion | 10/20/1989 | See Source »

...feeling out" prospects for jobs after graduation, or for term-time or summer internships. You may wish to find out more about the mission of a particular agency, or to ask the representative about other agencies in the same field. The Forum can also serve the important function of allowing you to practice "interviewing" with a representative of an agency without the stakes being too high. One other aspect of the Forum is that many of the for-profit organizations represented also have some sort of public service programs - it can't hurt...

Author: By Hap Pitkin, | Title: PUBLIC SERVICE | 10/20/1989 | See Source »

...bear out this contention, the legal brief sets up several standards for determining if a membership club is public or private. These include: "The degree of selectiveness in membership requirements...the use of facilities by nonmembers...and the the performance of a public function." And even if the MCAD chooses not use Baker's framework, he insists that "No one factor is required, and many are absent in clubs which are nonetheless held to be places of public accommodation...

Author: By Rebecca A. Jeschke, | Title: The Legal Issues Behind a Moral Debate | 10/5/1989 | See Source »

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