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...Cell death during development of the embryo is a well established phenomenon," said Bjorn R. Olsen, Hersey professor of anatomy. "It would be a radical idea--a catchy phrase, perhaps," he said of Michaelson's theory...
...Olsen admitted that competition did exist locally between cells. Cells compete for growth factors, and those who have more receptors for the factors survive, he said...
...Olsen said, the term "battle for survival" is a bit drastic...
...industry-wide slowdown, the company will pare its work force by 9,000, or about 7%, by year's end. Last week DEC posted a quarterly loss of $257 million, the first red ink in its 32-year history and a stunning blow for founder and chairman Kenneth Olsen. Ironically, DEC is now threatened by a shift to less expensive but powerful desktop computers. While DEC's size (1989 sales: $12.9 billion) gives it the resources to develop new products, the company will have to move fast to keep up with the market's changing needs...
...novelist. I wrote a lot, and I read a lot." He recalls "drinking in" Lawrence Durrell's The Alexandria Quartet and being "overwhelmed by" Robert Stone's first novel, A Hall of Mirrors. He also fell under the influence of a visiting teacher, the short-story writer Tillie Olsen. "She took me seriously as a writer, and I'm enormously grateful...