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...mile voyage around the world. But the iconoclastic scientist who took on a consortium of national governments in a race to map the human genome--and fought them to a photo finish five years ago--is actually hard at work. He's prospecting--not for gold but for DNA, applying the same techniques developed to decode human genes to the genes of microbes scooped from the ocean and out of the air. On a pilot voyage, through the Sargasso Sea in the North Atlantic, he found more than 1,800 new species of bacteria and viruses--a surprise, since...
Ralph Toledano, Chloe's CEO, took a gamble on Philo. When she was offered the top job, she was a rebellious, unknown assistant with a penchant for gold teeth, diamante-studded nails and hip-hop. Although many fashion insiders credited her street smarts for Chloe's success during McCartney's tenure, she was not an obvious choice to reinvent a 50-year-old brand that had not been a fashion must-have for the past 20. (Nor was she an obvious champion for the soft, romantic look she helped revive.) Philo herself seemed surprised, telling people she had been given...
...manuscripts, some dating back a millennium. The number and quality of Arabic and Persian manuscripts is unsurpassed in Asia, and it is all the result of the collecting passion of a late 19th century noble, Khuda Bakhsh. Priceless treasures include the only existing copy of a history?illustrated in gold and indigo?of the Uzbek Emperor Tamerlane, whose dominions once stretched from Baghdad to Bengal. There are 500-year-old Sanskrit scriptures inscribed on palm leaves, Korans 25 mm wide (written so the verses form the shapes of animals) and, in the margins of verses by the poet Hafiz, annotations...
...BEAUMONT VINEYARDS: Headquartered at the Compagnes Drift farm?a former Dutch East India Co. outpost?this family-run winery, tel: (27-28) 284 9194, is famous for its spicy Pinotage, but, above all, it excels at dessert wine. Beaumont's aptly named Goutte d'Or, or "Drop of Gold," is a real beauty?a woody ambrosia bursting with honey, apple and apricot notes...
...film follows both teams to the 2004 Paralympics, where, a player says, "We're not going for a hug. We're going for a f______ gold medal." But in defeat, a father's hug is some solace. "You're the best son anybody could ever have," sobs one dad. "You make me so proud." So there is crying in quad rugby. For parents, and viewers...