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The firm Bahrain chose to find its bonanza has a freewheeling history, even by Texas standards. Harken director E. Stuart Watson, a former executive for oil giant Atlantic Richfield, calls the Dallas company's deals "convoluted" and difficult even for industry veterans to grasp. Says Harken founder Phil Kendrick, still...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Intrigue: The Wackiest Rig in Texas | 10/28/1991 | See Source »

Harvard received a $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for work that will form part of the National Human Genome Project, a 15-year, $3 billion effort to decipher the sequence of the billions of "letters" in the human genetic code. Researchers have already gone to work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: While You Were Away... | 9/13/1991 | See Source »

Harvard received a $6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for work that will form part of the National Human Genome Project, a 15-year, $3 billion effort to decipher the sequence of the billions of "letters" in the human genetic code. Researchers have already gone to work...

Author: By Maggie S. Tucker, | Title: While You Were Away... | 9/11/1991 | See Source »

A decade ago, scientists puzzling over cancer cells resembled 18th century Egyptologists in their struggle to decipher ancient hieroglyphics. Now they have assembled a biological Rosetta stone that has enabled them to lay out in sharp detail the changes that cause a cell to go from normal to malignant. "The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cracking Cancer's Code | 11/12/1990 | See Source »

Now that the full magnificence of the Nimrud find is known, Muzahim is intensifying his search, hoping to find the tombs of Nimrud's all powerful kings. The hunt is not without its dangers, however. Only after opening Princess Yabahya's grave did Muzahim's team decipher the ancient cuneiform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Golden Treasures of Nimrud | 10/30/1989 | See Source »

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