Word: discoverer
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DIED. MARTIN D. KAMEN, 89, blacklisted physical biochemist who helped discover radioactive carbon 14, which was crucial to understanding basic chemical processes; in Santa Barbara, Calif. After being shunned by the scientific community amid rumors that he had leaked atom-bomb secrets to the Soviets, he won belated recognition in...
Students heading off to college are increasingly accessorizing their library and ID cards with a third card--one that gets them credit. A recent report by Student Monitor found that 52% of current undergraduates use a credit card. Credit companies looking for future big spenders have been attracting the other...
Now Genelle is setting up her computer. A contracted clerical worker assigned to the Tunnels, Bridges, and Terminals Department, she has worked at the Twin Towers just nine months. The job, mostly data entry, doesn't inspire her much, and she rarely talks about it at home. She also took...
As special master of the Federal Government's September 11th Victim Compensation Fund, Feinberg has to put a price on lost life. It may be a heartrending calculus, but it is, in the end, just calculus. Lawyers and actuaries worked out payment structures for catastrophic death decades ago, and--with...
I wish to comment on Harvard’s recent decision to allow military recruiters onto the law school campus (News, “Law School Will Allow Official Recruiting Visits by Military,” Aug. 26). I was saddened to read of Law School Dean Robert C. Clark?...