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Gene splicing is a technique for recombining genetic material in which the tape is DNA, a molecule which codes in a four-letter alphabet for the various proteins which are vital for the, functioning of every cell. Researchers use a chemical scalpel--restriction enzymes--which attack DNA at specific sites, breaking it and exposing two "sticky" ends to which a new piece of DNA--a gene--can be attached...
...first meeting of the year, the Faculty will also hear Dean Rosovsky present his annual budget letter to the Faculty, and President Bok will report on the upcoming $250 million capital fund drive...
Rosovsky implemented one of the task force's suggestions when he sent a letter to department chairmen in November 1976, instructing them to include evaluations of teaching abilities in all recommendations for tenured positions...
...Smith, who has been delivering mail in Wilmington, Del., for about 25 years, likes to know everybody on his route personally. So when he was assigned to a new route and faced 400 strangers, he dropped them a letter of introduction-in their mailboxes, without postage...
...eventually becoming assistant city editor. He came to New York City and TIME as a writer in 1939. Equally at home in subjects as diverse as politics, religion, music, foreign affairs and the classics, Alexander became assistant managing editor in 1946 and managing editor three years later (see A Letter from the Editors...