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...surprise, therefore, that private firms have plunged into human-genome projects of their own. Nor is it surprising, given the potential payoff, that their scientists have found ways to speed up the decoding process. Indeed, one such company--Celera Genomics Corp., led by maverick scientist Craig Venter (see following story)--declared last spring that it would have the job substantially wrapped up in three years...
...Experimental subject, hero of the 70+ generation, beneficiary of a political payoff or a bit of each...
...Life, for instance), Stanton says it is Lasseter's sensibility that pervades both Toy Story and A Bug's Life. "He truly gets it. He has both the kid's perspective and the filmmaker's perspective. The childlike charm and the maturity, that's John." The payoff is that animation, long considered a kiddie medium, is attracting adults. Some 35% of the Bug's Life audience on the Friday after Thanksgiving were teens or adults--without kids...
...market bets are for losers. You have to be right twice: getting out near the top and back in near the bottom. And even if you get it right, the payoff isn't that great. Between 1988 and 1997, if you had invested a set amount each year on the day the market peaked, you still would have made 18.2% a year. If you had picked the market's low point each year, you'd have made 20.2%. Being in the market--time, not timing--is what matters most...
...letter explained that Harvard's financial aid increase in September meant a $2,000 scholarship payoff for every student now receiving aid. Students were offered a choice--apply that windfall towards reducing student loans, job requirements or both...