Word: koch
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...there is no shortage of competing theories about how consciousness might arise. One, offered by the Salk Institute's Francis Crick (co-discoverer of the structure of DNA) and Christof Koch, at the California Institute of Technology, is that consciousness is somehow a by-product of the simultaneous, high-frequency firing of neurons in different parts of the brain. It's the meshing of these frequencies that generates consciousness, according to Crick and Koch, just as the tones from individual instruments produce the rich, complex and seamless sound of a symphony orchestra. The concept is highly speculative, Crick acknowledges...
...finalist has switched boats before the last series. Conner might have coveted Mighty Mary, but the women weren't about to let him have their boat, not after Conner's crew shouted vulgar insults and made obscene gestures at them during start maneuvers in the semifinals. Said Bill Koch, who funded Mighty Mary's attempt: "If we gave him our boat, some of the women told me they'd knock holes in it first...
...Brown--Whitaker(3), Schettini(4), Clarke(2), Purdy (1) Pennacchia (1), Zuckerman (1), Koch (2), Miller (2), Lake (1); Harvard--Shumway (1), Colligan (3), Winters (5), Hall (2), Cleary (2), Duffy (1). A: Brown--Miller (3), Koch (1), Whitaker (1); Harvard--Colligan (3), Winters (1), Hennessey (1). S: BU--None; Harvard--None
...While Koch, 54, says his motive is "breaking barriers" and showing "respect for women's competitive abilities," the venture neatly jibes with his need for a personal-image campaign. A bitter 10-year legal battle with two of his brothers over his share of Koch Industries, a $23 billion energy conglomerate, is likely to come before a jury this year in Kansas. Koch had no interest in another time-consuming try for the Cup himself, having & already proved to himself and the world that an inexperienced yachtsman could beat the pros. But after running TV spots about...
...been training in their San Diego boot camp since June -- six months longer than the men. Coach Worthington is hoping that the 10-hour days, which begin with one-armed pushups and a 105-min. weight-lifting and aerobic regime and continue with intensive tacking and jibing duels on Koch's two 1992 boats, will narrow the gap in strength and skill. "Men don't listen to coaches because their egos get in the way," he says. "But these women are so eager to learn. I get choked up thinking about how far they've come and how determined they...