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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deeply saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Richard C. Marius (News, Nov. 8). I was his student in two classes (and otherwise, in more ways than I can count), but I am lucky to have met him at all. When I arrived to shop his seminar on Shakespeare's history plays, the room was bursting with senior English concentrators. Thinking that I would never get a seat in the class, I almost left. When Marius arrived, he asked, mixing drawl with happy surprise, "Are you all here to study Shakespeare...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 11/9/1999 | See Source »

Bacow added that the partnership will provide MIT with the opportunity to educate future European leaders, foster relationships with European industry and aid in recruiting the best students and faculty to learn and teach here in Cambridge. In his words, the collaboration allows each of the universities to "build strength upon strength...

Author: By Patrick C. Toomey, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: MIT, Cambirdge U. Will Form Partnership | 11/9/1999 | See Source »

...probably won't cure all forms of cancer in the 21st century. But we may very well learn to live with them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Will We Cure Cancer? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...rudimentary genetic engineering to create incurable strains of Black Death (bubonic plague) that were resistant to drugs. This biotech Black Death was loaded into missile warheads aimed at the U.S. As biotechnology becomes more supple and powerful and as the genetic code of more organisms is unraveled, biologists will learn how to mix genes of different bugs to create deadly, unnatural strains that can be turned into deadly, effective weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What New Things Are Going To Kill Me? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

...third of the total fat. And lest you think meat-free eating means protein-free eating, the percentage of calories from protein in Lanza's meal is the same as in a steak dinner. If the future can be made this appetizing, even a T-bone palate could learn to be happy in a tofu world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's For Dinner? | 11/8/1999 | See Source »

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