Word: processing
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...process, Levin has made an amount of money that might be considered excessive. (TIME founder Henry Luce liked to say that the profit motive, while "useful" was "not noble.") In 1998, Levin pocketed more than $250 million, including options--nailing in one year roughly twice what Luce was worth when he died in 1967. In Levin's mind, it is simply a case of high risk, high reward. And though Time Warner shares have had a bumpy ride, they've outgained the Dow--412% to 236%--since Levin took over...
...steady route. Scientists first divided the full complement of human DNA into 22,000 segments, each 150,000 letters long. The positions of these segments were carefully mapped, and then each was cloned several times. Those cloned segments are now being decoded by automated gene sequencers, and the process repeated several times to ensure accuracy and close any gaps in the coverage. Because each segment was mapped before cloning, the decoded segments can be easily fitted back into their original position in the completed genetic...
...Venter, is the most difficult. His robots e-mail their results to Celera's giant central database (said to represent more concentrated computing power than anywhere outside the Pentagon). These computers are using a sophisticated program to reassemble the genome fragments into the familiar 23 human chromosomes. The whole process can be compared to making confetti out of a stack of encyclopedias and then painstakingly reconstructing each page...
...N.A.A.C.P. and the coalition of Hispanic, Asian and Native American groups it joined with decided to focus on diversity behind the camera. "We were interested in pipeline development," says N.A.A.C.P. president Kweisi Mfume, "finding a way to influence the process so it affects what we see over the next 24 to 36 months." This month NBC and ABC promised provisions to train, mentor and find jobs for qualified minorities as writers, directors, producers and executives. Mfume says the coalition is nearing agreements with Fox and CBS. The ABC deal emphasizes scholarships, mentoring and training. The NBC pact creates a minority...
...Starr, whom he portrays as unqualified, unprincipled, politically biased and lacking in common sense. Toobin's thesis is that the real vast conspiracy wasn't the right-wing one Hillary famously charged was behind the scandal, but a more subtle attempt by the legal system to circumvent the political process through an "after the fact election." That may be true, but the fuller explanation lies in Toobin's damning portrait of Starr. There was no need, the book suggests, for a conspiracy to throw the republic off course. One recklessly unrestrained special prosecutor can do it almost single-handedly...