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...been digitized. Much of the Net's information is posted by volunteers who transcribe cemetery headstones or newspaper obituaries--with predictable human error. "People think because it's on the computer, it's the gospel truth. But it's only as good as the person doing it," says Cliff Collier of the Ontario Genealogical Society. His view, shared by most serious researchers, is that only an exact copy of an original marriage certificate or immigration visa can be trusted. "The true aficionado," adds Boston genealogist Eileen O'Duill, "wants to feel the paper that his great-grandfather's birth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Genealogy: Roots Mania | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

Roden works in Presley Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics R. John Collier's lab at Harvard Medical School studying the biological toxin anthrax.The goal of her research is to find out how the anthrax toxin is inserted into cells, she said...

Author: By Kiratiana E. Freelon, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scientists Win Goldwater Awards | 4/8/1999 | See Source »

...only requirement for membership is a minimum $100 investment, says Co-Chair Charles W. "Whit" Collier...

Author: By David A. Whelan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: A Tale of Two Funds | 12/15/1998 | See Source »

...John Collier, Discover's counsel, said thewhole problem "simply stems from competition" andthat Discover "does not deserve this...

Author: By Vasant M. Kamath, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MIT Frat Requests License Change | 11/25/1998 | See Source »

...keep clocks in synch the National Institute of Standards and Technology will add an extra, or leap, second on June 30. Atomic clocks use a length of a second that doesn't represent the long-term slowing trend, so they're a teeny-weeny bit fast. Says NIST spokesman Collier Smith: "We stop the hands of the clock long enough for the world to catch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Jun. 16, 1997 | 6/16/1997 | See Source »

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