Word: gilbert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...addition, the prospect of vast riches to be had in the biotechnology field can act as a powerful lure for faculty and potential faculty. The new commercial venture could act as an incentive for professors to stay here, rather than venture into the for-profit world as Professor Walter Gilbert did in 1980 when he resigned from the faculty to work at Biogen. And Harvard's plan could play a more noble role by accelerating the development of important medical cures and technologies...
...going wrong in the world. Now, I don't worry that our world is about to end, but I am interested in the number of natural disasters that have occurred in the past few months. America was gripped by the worst heat wave and drought in decades. Hurricane Gilbert, considered the most violent storm nature can produce, has caused thousands in Texas to evacuate the Gulf coast and billions of dollars worth of damage in Jamaica and Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. In Bangladesh, some 40,000 homes have been destroyed by flooding and the stagnating flood waters may spread disease...
...huge storm could develop, blow and dissipate without affecting a soul are long since gone. This explains how we can keep hearing about "worst-ever" disasters--if Jamaica or the coast of Texas are twice the population of what they were the last time a storm the size of Gilbert hit, then twice as many people will be put out of homes...
...back and very few people were physically hurt by them. There was enough warning from the rest of us to save people's lives, if not their property. The same is true in Bangladesh, where resuce teams from around the world will help to control the spread of disease. Gilbert has caused horrible property damage, but no lives have been lost...
Corporate Editor: Gilbert Rogin...