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...molecules are made up of two very long strands connected to each other by hundreds of thousands of short submolecules, which are set in place like the rungs of a ladder. The rungs differ chemically, and the order in which they are arranged constitutes the genetic code that controls heredity. When DNA is heated in just the right way, the rungs break and the long strands separate. Though the strands are eager to recombine, they cannot do so unless their broken rungs are matched in perfect order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biochemistry: What Darwin Didn't Know | 5/29/1964 | See Source »

...come in three main parts: concise student case summaries, deeper student analyses of legal problems, longer professional articles that often break new ground. Most top reviews come out eight times a year; all bristle with ferocious footnotes reflecting the most intense passion for precision. Beyond these similarities, the reviews differ in tone and emphasis. Samples...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law Schools: From the Mouths of Babes | 4/24/1964 | See Source »

...Jersey, which is making a roughly similar material of its own for children's shoes. Britain's Courtaulds also makes a similar material, which will not breathe but will hold moisture in an inner layer until the shoe is removed. All competing processes will have to differ substantially from Du Pont's, since the firm holds patents on just about everything but the word shoe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Merchandising: The Synthetic Shoe-In | 4/3/1964 | See Source »

Potential piercees often fear the actual piercing operation, but it is done skillfully, it is really quite painless because of the lack of sensibility in the ear lobes. There are three main schools of piercing, which differ considerably in price and aftereffects: the antiseptic, the abortion and the sadomasochistic...

Author: By Ellen Lake, | Title: The Great Radcliffe Ear Debauch | 3/18/1964 | See Source »

Divisions May Differ...

Author: By Hendrik Hertzberg, | Title: Doty Committee to Send Report To CEP by End of This Month | 3/5/1964 | See Source »

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