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...school, snagging avaledictorianship after captaining the math team,being on the debate team, getting straight `A's,'winning a National Merit Scholarship, whileconstantly involved in theater. His firstshow--"which may still be my mother'sfavorite"--was Once Upon a Time on aMattress. He entered Harvard a hesitant butprococious pre-med--taking organic chemistry hisFreshman fall--but a stint in several excitingproductions persuaded him his vocation was thestage...

Author: By Ari Z. Posner, | Title: A Tale of Two Actors | 6/4/1986 | See Source »

...lean, sensuous narrative that suggests the existence of a place where affluent, middle-aged manuscripts can go for a rigorous diet and plastic surgery. The surface of The Garden of Eden is taut, chic and strangely contemporary. Newly married David and Catherine have pioneered their own Club Med on the Riviera. It is the perfect place for a sea change. The couple spend golden days brunching, mixing drinks with Perrier, wearing fisherman shirts and espadrilles, swimming and tanning in the buff. The rate of exchange is very favorable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Old Man and the Sea Change the Garden of Eden | 5/26/1986 | See Source »

Haseltine's research focuses on the genetic structure of the AIDS virus. "We analyze the virus' DNA sequence to get a blueprint on what the virus can do," explains Haseltine, who is an associate professor of pathology at the Med School. His lab has found a number of unusual genes on the AIDS virus including the tat-gene which makes it possible for the AIDS virus to replicate many times faster than the average virus, and the art-gene which regulates the virus' speed of reproduction...

Author: By Brooke A. Masters, | Title: Of Vaccines, Treatments and Screenings | 5/23/1986 | See Source »

...Irving there is a Computer Science major. He's going to make a lot of money, but he's not a real person." or "Nancy is a Gov jock. Not bad looking for a fascist, eh?" or even "Watch your wallet; Bruce there behind you is a Pre-Med...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: A Fatal Mistake | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

...soldiers in a hospital comparing their wounds. "I'm an English major" is roughly equivalent in such language to "I've got gangrene," while "That's nothing, I'm an Ec major" corresponds indirectly to "I got hit in the head with a bazooka." "Well, I'm a Pre-Med" means, of course, "I'm slightly wounded, but I survived by throwing my buddies on a live grenade...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: A Fatal Mistake | 5/7/1986 | See Source »

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