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Tonegawa proved that cells accomplish the Herculean task of making antibodies to order by reshuffling parts of the genes that govern the production of antibodies, the cellular building blocks of the immune system. He likens the process to rearranging the boxcars on a freight train. "The dogma was that the order of the genes in any one person is immutable," he says. "The freight train never shifts its cars around." In spite of prevailing theory, Tonegawa found that the "cars" did indeed rearrange themselves in a multitude of different configurations to make the antibodies that fight off diseases. His work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inspiration and Originality: superconductors, molecules and gene theory | 10/26/1987 | See Source »

...students rarely are quiet long enough during any given hour of class discussion to hear any one else speak. Through this research, scientists uncovered the existence of a secret ritualistic club, "The Bullshitters of Harvard." After many years of freelancing, the individuals apparently decided to organize in order to accomplish their mutual objective of worldwide annoyance. I attended a recent meeting during which an alumnus returned to give a speech on techniques of Harvard section behavior...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Full of It | 10/22/1987 | See Source »

...only a slight effect. A more important step would be to protect the tropical rain forests, a move that would certainly be resisted by developers. Obviously, the most far-reaching step would be to cut back on the use of fossil fuels, a measure that would be hard to accomplish in industrialized countries without a wholesale turn to energy conservation or alternative forms of power. In developing countries, such reductions might be technologically feasible but would be all but impossible to carry out politically and economically...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Heat Is On | 10/19/1987 | See Source »

...only thing carding will accomplish is the suffocation of Harvard's non-too-healthy social life. Most undergraduates agree that social activities here suffer in comparison to other schools--even MIT. True, the recent actions of the House Masters reflect their concern for financial liabilities that might arise from an injury at a party. But they just aren't concerned enough with other undergraduate concerns--like social life...

Author: By John C. Yoo, | Title: Closing The Door On Fun | 10/17/1987 | See Source »

...Crimson can accomplish that, it can avoid having to travel the comeback trail...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Field Hockey | 9/28/1987 | See Source »

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