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...exquisitely delicate instrumentation and an electron microscope, Dr. Hydén has discovered that when human neurons are stimulated, some of the millions of ribonucleicacid (RNA) molecules inside them give orders to the glial cells to manufacture new proteins. The nature and pattern of these proteins contain an imprint of something that has been perceived, and may become a part of a memory...
...examining proposed changes in the draft; Classicist Stringfellow Barr, who has tried to draw some lessons from ancient times to apply to the present-day U.S. (one of them: Woe to the nation that puts too much faith in force). Far from being abstract, their writings clearly bear the imprint of their personalities...
...American Bankers Asso ciation and the Association of Stock Exchange Firms are working on a scheme to imprint on all stocks a magnetic number identifying the issuer; the number could be read by an optical scanner hooked to a computer. The real solution is to get rid of the old-fashioned certificates entirely. Last week N.Y.S.E. President Robert W. Haack promised to do just that. "We are going to automate the stock certificate out of business by substituting a punch card," he said. "We just can't keep up with the flood of business unless...
...Gordie Howe, who at 39, in his 22nd year with Detroit, has scored 678 goals. Yet over eleven incredible seasons, during which the game itself has flourished as never before, Bobby Hull has established himself as the most dominant figure hockey has known and left his indelible imprint on the record book...
...came in February and I signed a contract with Atheneum at the same time; this was approximately four months before the Corporation vetoed the publication of the Watson book by the Press and at a time when I (mistakenly) thought the work sure to be issued under the Harvard imprint...