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...Kiely says he noted early on that, for all their talent and energy, House residents were stigmatized for breaking the traditional Harvard mold. "I think Adams House was thought to be different--not because I made it different...and not in a good way," he says...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Caped Crusader | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

...particularly memorable project, he recalls, was a plan to create a foam rubber teapot, which necessitated something from which to make the mold. The answer: Kiely loaned him the House's silver teapot without flinching--"probably an heirloom," Fitch says. He never told Kiely about how the Plaster of Paris and other chemicals almost didn't come off the silver...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Caped Crusader | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

Even with its modest 9-9 record, Harvard looks to mold its young squad into league champions and make a significant dent in the NCAA tournament...

Author: By Andrew S. Brunswick, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Baseball Will Double Its Fun Twice | 4/9/1999 | See Source »

...subconscious. Even before landing, the truth can be distorted in the minds of the flight crew. In the case of the Italian accident, this self-denial was taken all the way from the bloodied ski slopes of Cavalese to the court-martial room in North Carolina. A.J. CRAIG Mold, Wales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Apr. 5, 1999 | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...specimen of Fleming's mold made its way into the hands of a team of scientists at Oxford University led by Howard Florey, an Australian-born physiologist. This team had technical talent, especially in a chemist named Ernst Boris Chain, who had fled Nazi Germany. Armed with funding from the Rockefeller Foundation, these scientists made it their objective to identify and isolate substances from molds that could kill bacteria. The mission was inspired by the earlier work of Gerhard Domagk, who in 1935 showed that the injection of a simple compound, Prontosil, cured systemic streptococcal infections. This breakthrough demonstrated that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bacteriologist ALEXANDER FLEMING | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

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