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...also designs houses and furniture, makes the set and props an integral part of The Sweating Door Alarm. For example, the gray wall which serves as a backdrop is used to the fullest. Initially a wall of TV screens, it is transformed into a starry sky, covered in tin foil and used as an elevator. This set does not overwhelm the audience, but coaxes them into believing...
...PRESS still loves him, though. He's the perfect foil of most other presidential contenders--he is quick to admit mistakes, doesn't mind being called a political lightweight and tries hard to answer questions honestly. And he's not afraid to stand up and do hoaky things for audiences--the most cited example being his election night a cappella rendition of "And the Band Played 'Waltzing Mathilda,'" a song about a soldier who loses his legs in World...
...second big CUFOS project involves an investigation of an alleged UFO crash that occurred in Roswell, New Mexico, in July, 1947. Several people saw the alleged crash, which supposedly left behind a significant amount of physical debris--including an odd, tin-foil like metal that could not be cut, a "weird balsa wood-like substance with odd characters on it," and, Eberhart believes, alien crew members' bodies...
...vexing problem, however, has not stopped the flow of creative and occasionally wild ideas about PCR's applications. Researchers at Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., which recently agreed to pay Cetus $300 million for the rights to PCR, are interested in developing a whole series of DNA identification tags. To foil counterfeiting, for instance, everything from paper currency to designer jeans and compact discs might be laced with DNA markers. Oil carried in tankers and toxic chemicals carried in trucks might similarly be "branded" by molecules of synthetic DNA. With PCR, a spill of unknown origin could then be traced back...
...HEAD (20th Century Fox) A bizarre comedy about a wisecracking, bodyless scientist and his eccentric brother and how they foil a plot to steal their secret hair-growth formula...