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...Fourteen humanities scholars have been awarded fellowships to teach and do research at Harvard next year, the Andrew Mellon Faculty Fellowship Program has announced...
...study published last week focused on one 81-member clan. Fourteen members had been diagnosed with manic depression and another five with other mental disorders. Thanks to unusual cooperation from the family, the researchers were able to obtain blood from each member and then isolate DNA from each sample. Using so-called restriction enzymes, they "cut" the DNA into segments. When they compared gene segments from manic depressives with those from normal family members, they found a discrepancy in a region of chromosome 11. Their conclusion: a gene or group of genes in or near this region confers a predisposition...
...nearly a month before the Challenger launch, no important shuttle manager or technician had a single day off. Ten and fourteen-hour days were commonplace. One NASA doctor even told McConnell that heroin, cocaine and hallucinogens were "readily available" on shop floors...
...Texas state legislature is expected to vote soon on a smoke-free indoor-air act that would limit public smoking throughout the state. Fourteen Texas cities and towns already have antismoking ordinances, says Ron Todd of the state health department, and "every day, almost, another one passes...
...Fourteen of the Crimson's remaining 15 games of the season are against Ivy opponents...