Word: clues
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...contents of his briefcase yield a clue to the South Dakota native's unconventional nature. From it he pulls fold-up children's kites, plastic toys to throw or spin, glossy photographs of speeding boats, sketches of cars with propellers cruising through the air and numerous patents, complete with golden seals...
Last week an international team led by scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital and the National Institutes of Health announced in the journal Science that they had discovered an important clue to the mystery. Aware that at least 10% -- and perhaps as many as 70% -- of Alzheimer's cases are inherited, the researchers began analyzing the DNA from four large families that had one thing in common: a history of the disease stretching back over many generations. After three years of work, they isolated two genetic markers, or molecular signposts, on chromosome 21 that are located close to the still unknown...
THIS WEDNESDAY, Harvard students will once again have to decide how strongly they believe in freedom of speech. And if past history offers any clue, they will decide that freedom of speech exists at Harvard only if the speaker is saying something they agree with...
...Waters' case, however, this seemingly random stroke of misfortune soon began to look like a clue to a medical mystery. Shortly after his diagnosis, Waters learned that his former teammate Matt Hazeltine, a linebacker, had also been stricken with ALS. Last December Waters heard of a third ALS casualty from the 1964 squad -- Fullback Gary Lewis. Both Hazeltine and Lewis died earlier this winter. Waters was stunned. Was it mere coincidence? The disease typically strikes 1 in 50,000 Americans a year, yet it hit three teammates on a 55-man squad. Waters' doctor, Stanley Appel, head of neurology...
...Morning After is a smooth thriller. The scene in which she removes all incriminating fingerprints is a sure bet to go down in cinematic thriller history. But don't try to figure this baby out. One very slim clue is all you ever get, and as any aspiring Spencer knows, one ain't enough...