Word: hoaglund
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that contains the elements of heredity. Biologists think that before the century is out, they will have succeeded in changing the "information" contained in DNA. If so, it will become possible eventually to control the shape-or color-of men to come. Genetic "intervention" could improve learning capacity. Hudson Hoaglund, executive director of the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, believes that thus "man will become the only animal that can direct his own evolution...
...playwright turned diplomat. In a memorably lyrical series for SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, she reported her experiences: "What fishes like flowers, what stones like trees. The coral reefs are a golden girdle of dead and living cities, which dwarf in their age and beauty all the cities of man." Says Ray Hoaglund. a 34-year-old electrician and one of the nation's 200,000 free divers (world total: 350,000): "We're looking for something-God knows what it is. It's not adventure and thrills. There are certain words that come close to describing it-mystery, intrigue...