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Gilbert developed the first technique to sequence DNA, the chemical blueprint by which genes are encoded. His methods are the principal theories underlying today's genetic engineering techniques...
...typical of Madison that he had come to Philadelphia eleven days early, the first outsider there. As the opening was delayed, Madison met daily with the other Virginia delegates to work out what came to be known as the Virginia plan, a blueprint for the Constitution and thus the basic agenda for the convention. His ideas were fairly representative of liberal opinion in his time. He was deeply suspicious of executive authority, of anything that smacked of monarchism. He believed profoundly in the sovereignty of the people and in their civil rights. But he was worried that political groups tended...
...Virginians pushed their plan through to a vote of approval within two weeks. Not only had they drafted the blueprint, but they had also created an alliance of the three most populous states, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, with three Southern states that expected to grow rapidly, Georgia and the Carolinas, a sort of proto-Sunbelt. But since the rules of the convention stipulated that no preliminary votes were final, any question could be reopened, and new delegates kept arriving (New Hampshire's team came two months late, and the last Marylander only...
However, most lawmakers conceded the blueprint would fail to meet the $108 billion deficit target of the Gramm-Rudman budget-balancing law. Democrats argued it did more to cut red ink than any other option, including the president...
Boston University's Master Plan, a blueprint of the university's proposed expansion and improvement of facilities in coming years, received unanimous approval this month from a task force representing local community and business groups...