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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After Camp Pendleton, where helpful Marine buddies polished some of the rough edges off his English, Raff was sent to Viet Nam in December 1967.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Anatomy of a Skyjacker | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

D.N.S. was started a few months ago by two 23 year olds, David Obst, who has the title of general manager, and Michael Morrow, its only fulltime staff writer. Obst acknowledges that the service has a left-of-center tone, but he adds: "This is not an antiwar news service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Miscue on the Massacre | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

To answer such questions, a Harvard team led by Jonathan Beckwith, 33, turned to the virus, which consists simply of a single DNA molecule sheathed in a thin coating of protein. Most viruses multiply by entering a living cell, taking control of it and then ordering it to produce carbon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: An Elegant Triumph | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

Now that they can experiment with a single gene, scientists may well learn how it orders the cell to produce vital proteins, and what substances cause the gene to "turn on" or "turn off." Ultimately, this could lead to the repair or replacement of defective genes and the cure of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: An Elegant Triumph | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

Clear Lake, Calif., is a shallow, 40,000-acre body of fresh water that lies about 100 miles north of San Francisco. For centuries, it was home for a large colony of Western grebes, lovely birds that swim with the stately grace of swans and dive as skillfully as loons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Return of the Grebe | 12/5/1969 | See Source »

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