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...joint degree, Chiang applied to law school, and even though his transcript “didn’t look like a law student’s,” he was accepted at Columbia at New York University. At this point, Chiang turned a corner that would prove crucial: he decided to put off law school for a year to see what he could make out of his renewed interest in comics. One year later he was assistant editing at “Disney Adventures” magazine, and one more year landed him at Vertigo...
...front seat of a car. “Autobahn” delves into how romantic relationships between men and women—and, in one case, two women—unfold when couples are forced to remain in such a confined space. Five actors play ten different characters facing crucial points in their lives: for example, a young couple on the verge of breakup and a man hoping for his wife’s fidelity. According to students involved with “Autobahn,” the play’s sense of intimacy approaches that of a film...
Currently, most anti-HIV drugs target individual proteins, and are given in combination as a cocktail. However, according to D’Souza, HIV is mutating and building up resistance to the cocktail. By studying the RNA-protein complex, which is crucial to the virus’ survival, D’Souza aims to sophisticate the current approach to AIDS treatment...
Jewels played a crucial role in Chemirik's childhood. There was his family's gold belt, scattered with diamonds and emeralds, traditionally worn at weddings. And his mother was "crazy about rings," naming each one after the city it came from ("It was, 'Give me Paris. Hand over Istanbul...
...capitals. But the caveats that keep Italian, French, German and Spanish troops out of the heavy combat zones in the south of the country were not significantly relaxed. The Poles offered up an additional 1,000 troops toward the 2,500 reserve force that NATO military staff consider crucial to prosecute the war, and the French were among the allies promising to deploy troops to trouble spots in the event of "an emergency." But the sum effect was cold comfort for the Canadian, British, American and Dutch governments whose troops are bearing the brunt of the conflict. Canadian Foreign Minister...