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During the chemists' eight-month hunt, they scouted 19th century riverboats and pawed through the dusty corners of historical museums. The most promising sources are objects that were originally sealed against moisture, such as navigational compasses, hourglasses, sextants and telescopes. Other possibilities include buried time capsules, hollow building cornerstones, miniature globes and sealed containers salvaged from a ship that sank in the Missouri River in the mid-1800s. Two venerable Connecticut companies, which have manufactured hollow brass military buttons since the War of 1812, have offered to supply buttons spanning two centuries. "This gives us samples from many different periods...
...select 100 juniors, enrolled full time at four-year U.S. colleges and universities, who have compiled top academic records and excelled in such areas as community service, student government, athletics and the arts. The presidents of 250 colleges and universities have been asked to help conduct the talent hunt on their campuses. To date TIME has received more than 7,000 requests for achievement-awards applications...
...tell that to Guy Cubaynes, a truffle harvester from the southern French town of Lalbenque, who is taking his 250-kg pig Kiki out for a truffle hunt. Cubaynes' family has been gathering truffles since the 1850s, searching for the fungi in the shade of oak trees. He says dealers in Chinese truffles have even infiltrated the center of French-truffle production. Every week, Cubaynes claims, these merchants show up at the market in Lalbenque with the same number of truffles in their baskets, a suspicious constancy. "It's cheating the consumer," says Cubaynes, "and it's also cheating...
Studios on a never-ending hunt for a young Julia Roberts have found a contender close to home--the star's niece, EMMA ROBERTS, 14, daughter of actor Eric and star of the Nickelodeon show Unfabulous. The toothy teen, just signed by Paramount Pictures for a comedy called Camp Couture, is one of several celebrity offspring going into the family business. It's neat. They're like their elders--but cuter...
Ongoing. “The Sport of Kings: Art of the Hunt in Iran and India.” Sackler Museum. Open Mon.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. $6.50; $5 students and senior citizens; free with Harvard...