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...ideal container for prodigal America is the edible ice cream cone. In this vein, there is now much talk about "bio-degradable" bottles and cans. But a container that would quickly dissolve when discarded or immersed in water has yet to hit the market. A Swedish firm, Rigello Pak A.B., claims preliminary success with a cardboard-encased, polyvinyl container that is being tested with beer. The company plans full production early next year. The Rigello bottle, though, does not actually dissolve. According to its makers, it can be crumpled easily for tidy discarding and eventually rots...
...winners of the Ledlie prize-which is given every two years to the Harvard faculty member who makes "the most valuable contribution to science, or in any way for the benefit of mankind"- are Walter Gilbert '53, professor of Bio-physics, and Mark Ptashne, lecturer on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology...
There will be a meeting of all Biology concentrators to discuss possible changes in the department, and to elect three students to the Committee on Undergraduate Affairs of the department at 8 p.m. tonight in the Main Lecture Room of the Bio Labs...
...Wilgus '71 and others are circulating a questionnaire among Biology concentrators in order to determine how many students are having trouble finding and getting into courses they want. The questionnaire specifically asks about Bio 10b and Bio 166, two popular courses...
...courses being offered are not interesting," Wilgus said yesterday, "and the interesting ones are oversubscribed." Bio 10b, he said, had 300 applicants for 50 places, of which 42 were filled by seniors...