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...Midlands case, Jeffreys established that the DNA pattern of the 17- year-old suspect did not match those obtained during the murder investigations. The patterns of each of the 2,000 Midlands men will undergo similar scrutiny. But that may take a while. Each test involves a complicated series of steps over a period of 2 1/2 weeks. Still, Jeffreys believes, with further refinements, and despite the $300 price tag, the test will more than pay for itself not only in criminal investigations but in the resolution of paternity suits. Says he: "The system works beyond my wildest dreams...
...considering this fact in 1983, Alec Jeffreys, a geneticist at the University of Leicester in England, realized it might be the basis for an important new tool in criminal investigations. Using restriction enzymes as "scissors," he cut the DNA taken from several people into segments and arranged them into patterns that somewhat resemble the bar codes found on supermarket products. The DNA from each individual, he found, formed a unique pattern -- in effect a DNA fingerprint...
Khashoggi left Chico after only three semesters; wheeling and dealing would provide the rest of his education. In 1956 Khashoggi garnered a contract to supply trucks for the Saudi army. The pattern was set: the deal, the commission, the party, more contacts and contracts. By 1962 Khashoggi was the sales agent in Saudi Arabia for Chrysler, Fiat, Westland Helicopters Ltd. and Rolls-Royce. "One association," he says, "led to another, one business to another." For Western companies, Khashoggi was the man to know in Saudi Arabia...
...latest acquisition in personal advisers. Though still usually a woman, she has gone private in a big way, with clients who include not only fitness trendies but the overweight, the pregnant and sufferers from such food-sensitive diseases as diabetes and hypertension. Aiming for permanent eating-pattern changes, the dietitian or nutritionist often holds the client's hand during extended struggles to give up twelve cups of coffee a day or a five-bag Fritos habit. Says Manhattan TV Producer Roberta Becker, who dropped 20 pounds: "They are almost like weight shrinks...
...Some people don't see the titles in the works but they are there. The titles like the works themselves are variations on a theme. Another canvas immediately visible in the stockroom is a 36x36 inch work of muted blue, green, red and jet black. Housed in the square pattern are 16 fish. Some of the squares are divided into triangles, circles serve as eyes. The simple shapes form a complex pattern. One must look carefully for all the fish...