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...discovering the process by which Vitamin A bonds to form a structure when activated by light, Wald was the first to discover a biological mechanism that is critical to many other enzymatic processes in the body, such as olfactory responses and hormone regulation...
...when it comes to the march of technology, especially when it’s green-colored. But check out his Sept. 19 column, about energy-gobbling cities like Doha and Dalian: “Hey, I’m really glad you switched to long-lasting compact fluorescent light bulbs in your house. But the growth in Doha and Dalian ate all your energy savings for breakfast.” Tom! I imagine him waking up, staring at his hands, and saying, “My God, it’s all meaningless!” before writing this...
...began to set on what would have been an ordinary day at the beginning of the third millennium, the light shone through the window to strike two ordinary young scholars. They were hungry. But they were also privy to a different hunger. Watching how the light passed unrefracted through the simple dining hall window, they yearned for the aesthetic elevation that only a stained glass window could provide. But then again, they also wanted to eat.How, then, could they satisfy these both the most base and most cerebral of yearnings? They thought long and hard. Finally, an electronic courier proclaimed...
...That skepticism extends to nearly all the candidates as well. A Republican governor put it this way: "If you took any one of these guys and held them up against the light and said, 'Could this guy be President?' you'd say, 'I don't think so.'" While they are, on paper, a distinguished group - a living hero and sitting U.S. Senator, a former Senator and popular actor, two former Governors and a prosecutor turned mayor of the nation's most populous city - each has handicaps that are limiting...
...record of changing his positions on an unusually wide range of issues, and just announced that he's a Mormon to a nation that might not otherwise have known or even cared. Though as smooth as corn syrup on the outside, preacherman Huckabee is low on cash, light on organization and may not be able to fill the pews in New Hampshire the way he did in Iowa. And then there's Thompson, who has not found the transition from Hollywood's low-lit soundstages to politics' brighter lights as forgiving as many had hoped. Staffers have fled his campaign...