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...couple of hours after our paper was accepted," Kolodner recalls. Vogelstein, realizing he was about to be outpaced, then pulled together the results of his group's ongoing research, which will be published in the journal on Dec. 17. Acting as race stewards, the editors of Cell decided to lift the embargo on the Vogelstein article so that both groups could share the spotlight last week...
...been made." Now Major's government will have to feel its way forward under a barrage of criticism from Ulster's Unionists, while the I.R.A. leadership fends off Republican extremists who consider any contact with the British a betrayal of the cause. Still, the revelations brought a sense of lift to the disheartening problems of Ireland. Most important, they disclosed that the I.R.A. may at last be willing to renounce violence and participate in further negotiations for a political resolution of the Ulster problem. They also demonstrated that the British, under Major's leadership, are willing to go beyond...
When the shuttle Endeavour blasted into space last Thursday morning, its near flawless lift-off lighting up Florida's predawn skies and dazzling onlookers in and around the Kennedy Space Center, NASA officials felt a mix of relief and tense anticipation. Though the launch was delayed a day by bad weather, the countdown was free of the technical glitches that had grounded shuttles so many times before. But the really hard part was yet to come: a week of dangerous and delicate maneuvers performed more than 300 miles up in space. The challenge facing Endeavour's seven-member crew...
Eric Baker '95 writes on page 21 about the Senate's attempt to lift restrictions on major league baseball team owners. Baker warns, "Without the right to tightly regulate its franchises, major league baseball would be powerless to prevent teams from hopping from one city to another. Longtime fans would be abandoned in the free market quest for profits." Good going, Senate. Thanks to that other bill you passed, my favorite team is going to become the Guadalupe Phillies. And George Steinbrenner is going to buy my younger brother to be his mistress. Wait. I mean--oh, save me, Peninsula...
...Part of my job is to lift the hopes and aspirations of the American people," the president said on World AIDS Day, "knowing that as long as you're trying to lift hopes and lift aspirations you can never fully close the gap between what you're reaching for and what you're actually doing...