Word: berte
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...number one cited scientist in the world, according to Science Watch, is Bert Vogelstein, molecular biologist at Johns Hopkins University who has investigated the activity of a tumor suppressor gene...
Anyone who doubts that the pace of the genetic revolution has accelerated mightily need only consider last week's news about colon cancer. It was just last May that a team of researchers led by Dr. Bert Vogelstein at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore announced conclusive evidence that a genetic defect causes a hereditary form of colon cancer, accounting for as many as 22,000 cases in the U.S. every year. The next step was to pinpoint the malfunctioning gene, which lurked somewhere on chromosome 2. Back in the 1980s, that search might have taken three years or more. Instead...
...Jackson's dismissed protectors wait 10 months to sue? Mathews says the guards had been busy trying to figure out just why they had been dismissed. "In summer when the ((child-molestation)) allegations hit," says Mathews, "they realized what really happened." Bert Fields, one of the two attorney-spokesmen for the Jackson camp, responded to the allegations by stating, "No one was ever fired by Michael Jackson for knowing too much." Moreover, J. Randy Taraborrelli, author of an unauthorized Jackson biography, noted the singer's profound distaste for ever being under the same roof with his parents. "For years Michael...
...didn't win this year's pageant, don't worry. You might snag that diamond tiara next year. There hasn't been a better pageant since Bert Parks shuffled of to that great runway...
...potential to be the best I've ever had." Before he can take his place in the history books, however, a great champion needs a great opponent. Louis had Schmeling. LaMotta had Robinson. Ali had Frazier. "Greatness in fighting is gained by rubbing against other great boxers," says Bert Sugar, editor-publisher of Boxing Illustrated. Right now the list of contenders is short and flabby...