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...achieve that goal, the researchers chose a vaccine, manufactured by MicroGeneSys of Meriden, Conn., that consists of genetically engineered pieces of the virus. The vaccine makers took strands of DNA that code for the outer covering of HIV and put them into another kind of virus, one that infects only moths and butterflies. The insect virus then produced AIDS proteins in addition...
...state. CIP 5 is the preferred alternative. Dark gray lines indicate proposed construction. SCHEME Z CIP 5 Baseline Cost $430 million $840 million Completion Date 1998 15-17 months after Z Bridges 3 bridges, 275 ft. wd. 1 bridge, 168 ft. wide Piers 11 6 Loop Ramps Outer 105 high 75 ft narrower than...
...they stood at the outer gate of the fair-tressed goddess, and within they heard Circe singing in a sweet voice, as she fared to and fro before the great web imperishable, such as is the handiwork of goddesses They cried aloud and called to her. And straightway she came forth and opened the shining doors and bade them in, and all went with her in their heedlessness . . . Now when she had given them the cup and they had drunk it off, presently she smote them with a wand, and in the sties of swine she penned them. So they...
...landmarks were placed, the intermingling of stores and houses, the rough consistency of buildings' cornice lines and materials. They've measured the optimal distances between houses across the street and next door, figured out just what encourages walking (narrow streets, parked cars, meaningful destinations) and reckoned the outer limit of a walkable errand (a quarter mile). They have tried to discern, beyond surface style, exactly what makes deeply charming places deeply charming...
Nobody wants to stay in Belize City, which every guidebook dismisses as a noisy dump full of intrusive hustlers. Instead, one heads for the outer islands, such as the Turneffe Islands, that are geared up for sporting tourism, mainly scuba diving, snorkeling and line fishing; or a small plane whisks you north to San Pedro on Ambergris Cay, a thin digit of land that protrudes south from the Mexican border. To the east is the barrier reef, which runs parallel to the coast, less than a mile offshore. To the west are mangroves and shallow flats, and then...