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...joint study sought to discover whether systems primed by Higgins’ modified E. coli to wipe out invaders bearing ovalbumin would effectively protect mice from the melanoma strain tagged with that protein...
...Logitech International for a reckless gambler. In business, he takes calculated risks and consistently beats the odds. An engineer who developed a reputation as a marketing whiz at Olivetti and Apple Computer, De Luca took Logitech's helm in early 1998, when the company was known mostly for selling mice to PC makers. Today Logitech, incorporated in Switzerland and with headquarters in Fremont, Calif., sells a wide range of retail PC peripherals known for catchy designs and reasonable prices: webcams, wireless keyboards, game controllers and speakers...
Unfortunately, not all country mice have learned their lesson about the dangers of urban life. With the onset of cool weather, mice have scampered from their bucolic country holes into Lowell House, where their presence has ignited a round of panicked posts to the House e-mail list. While preliminary reports of wildebeest and Tasmanian devil sightings have been unsubstantiated, concerns about the mouse infestation seem valid. How better, for instance, to explain the mysterious lack of food in Lowell dining hall...
There is some hope that the mice rampage may be halted: Lowell Superintendent Jay Coveney has gallantly offered to seal off the radiator pipes of any students who register complaints about mice, citing this strategy’s stunning success in keeping the Yard dorms vermin-free...
...radiator-pipe-sealing proves ineffectual, though, Coveney must resort to more coercive means—possibly including, but by no means limited to, the introduction of some really tough cats—to remove the mice from Lowell House. These displaced country mice must learn what Aesop knew so well: the city is no place for a mouse...