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...begin to count how many people I knowwho used and/or dealt illicit drugs during theiryouth. Small time high school dealers are admittedto Harvard every year. "I kept over $300 worth ofacid in my mother's freezer for over a year [inhigh school] and I was dealing the whole time,"one junior told...

Author: By Theodore K. Gidseone, | Title: Groovy Train | 4/27/1995 | See Source »

...smell is] really strong," Mather affiliate Daniel A. Lopez '97 said. "We opened the windows and then it went away entirely. And then we opened the freezer and we just got blown away...

Author: By Sarah E. Scrogin, | Title: DeWolfers Feel Effects of Rushed Paint Job | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

...aggressive breast-cancer cells that have shut down the protective nm23 gene. Soon she will squirt over these colonies newly identified antitumor compounds. Among them she hopes to find one, maybe more, that interferes with metastatic growth. A total of 14 of these compounds are already sitting in a freezer in her lab -- white crystals that cluster like snowflakes in the bottom of test tubes. If these fail to have an effect, Steeg has a list of more than 30 others that might. Like many cancer researchers, she conveys, through her own personal enthusiasm, a sense that an immense psychological...

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

...sold some family antiques to foreigners -- also illegal -- to stock his giant freezer with pork, chicken and beef bought at the new dollar stores. Saturday nights his tables are full of "friends of friends" who can pay dollars for food they cannot find elsewhere. If his neighbors snitch, the government will confiscate everything. Wearing a white polo shirt, gold Seiko watch and Italian shoes, Octavio shrugs at the danger. "I will do what I must for my family," he says, "no matter what Fidel ((he makes the beard gesture with his fingers)) says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba Alone | 12/6/1993 | See Source »

...vitro, with its potentially hazardous megadoses of hormones for the female partner and various indignities for the male, you might as well make a few backup copies of any viable embryo that's produced. And once you've got the backup copies, why not keep a few in the freezer, in case Junior ever needs a new kidney or cornea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economics of Cloning | 11/22/1993 | See Source »

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