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...could be logical to settle for a breastplate of tin foil over an empty heart. One could argue that we are here for one purpose only: to work--and more precisely, to prove to the world that I, former king of Podunk high, am the next Albert Einstein, Thomas Aquinas and Arturo Toscanini all wrapped...

Author: By Jacques E.C. Hymans, | Title: Ivory Tower Blues | 5/11/1994 | See Source »

...rapidly, and eventually it dies. Cancer cells, in contrast, have learned to stop the ticking of the telomere clock. According to research published last week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Calvin Harley and colleagues at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, malignant cells foil the clock by producing an enzyme -- telomerase -- that protects the length of the telomere chains. In essence, telomerase makes the cancer cell immortal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stopping Cancer in Its Tracks | 4/25/1994 | See Source »

Sanjib Mishra, associate professor of Physics,says one of his favorite one-liners came formscientist Ernest Rutherford, famous for his'gold-foil' experiment...

Author: By Carrie L. Zinaman, | Title: Scientists' Humor Defies Stereotypical Serious Image | 4/20/1994 | See Source »

...stage was thus set for the foil finale.Going against Gerhardt, who had also been perfectfor the day, van Leeuwen got off to an early leadand never looked back...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: Fencer Wins U.S. Championship | 3/19/1994 | See Source »

...going to Disneyworld," he said.CrimsonAmanda M. DawsonJunior KWAME VAN LEEUWEN (left) in actionearlier this season: Van Leeuwen won the nationalchampionship in the foil yesterday...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: Fencer Wins U.S. Championship | 3/19/1994 | See Source »

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