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...preserved bodies, meanwhile, will give scientists an unprecedented look at Incan physiology. Reinhard and his team took care to pack the children in plastic, snow and insulating foam before hauling them down the mountain, and the Argentine military whisked them off to the nearby town of Salta. There, experts will analyze their stomachs to find out what they ate for their last meal, their organs for clues about their diet and their DNA to try and establish their relationship to other ethnic groups. Reinhard will head back into the mountains. There is no telling how many more bodies remain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archaeology: Death In The Andes | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

...weight of the package. And outsourcing credit-card processing to a check- or credit-clearing agency can be expensive. Many companies will include this, along with calculating taxes and calculating the weight of merchandise free. When someone buys fish from Hanson, all he has to do is pack orders into boxes. Charges, including taxes and shipping, are already credited to his bank account. How about a virtual shopping cart, to which the customer can add additional purchases? Using the cart, the shopper can calculate the total bill at any point on the electronic expedition. Most businesses will throw this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Booting Up Your Business | 4/19/1999 | See Source »

Basically, size is the main draw. The residents pack people onto the large dance floor in the suite's common room...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From Barbecue to Kegerator: Harvard's Party Suites | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

...probably the largest private common room on campus," says Daniel A. Coll '99 of his coveted suite. Size is the main draw. The residents pack people onto the large dance floor in the suite's common room...

Author: By Victoria C. Hallett, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PARTY | 4/16/1999 | See Source »

Once upon a time, being a tenured professor at Harvard meant being set for life. An established Faculty member could count on a long career of teaching and research at the nation's pre-eminent institution and a salary that led the pack...

Author: By Jason M. Goins and Rosalind S. Helderman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: The Graying of theFaculty | 4/15/1999 | See Source »

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