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...working Mam and Pah, sickly sis Helen, older and distant brother Dan. Through memories, family sayings, and photographs, he recreates daily life: chores, trips to church, the three-mile trek to the schoolhouse, marriages and deaths, and more chores. It?s not easy living in what he calls ?a pioneer community of three hundred people isolated by landscape, language, belief and custom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME Canada Arts: Pick of the Week | 3/24/2006 | See Source »

...cell expressing individual genes, and to count the protein molecules one by one inside the cell. Using this new technology, Xie created a movie of the gene expression process. Xie’s study was funded in part by the prestigious National Institute of Science Director’s Pioneer Award, which provides half-a-million dollars per year for five years of research. Director of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences Jeremy M. Berg said of Xie’s research, “He’s a real pioneer....This is exactly the type of research...

Author: By Alexander B. Fabry, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Technology Shows Protein Synthesis | 3/21/2006 | See Source »

...Jacqueline Kennedy she should have one chief couturier, then went on to create the elegant dresses and pillbox hats that made her the most stylish, most copied First Lady in U.S. history; on Long Island, New York. After dressing Marilyn Monroe and onetime fianc? Grace Kelly in Hollywood, the pioneer "celebrity designer" set up shop in New York City in the 1950s, launching still-popular trends such as A-line dresses before taking the White House position in 1961. His motto: "Be mobile at all times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 3/20/2006 | See Source »

...said. “It’s all about acceptance, being authentic, having a vision, and going for it.” Robert Manchin, CEO of the Gallup Organization, where Stone worked, praised Stone for the groundbreaking technological innovations that made him a well-known pioneer in the field. Manchin said that Stone’s work was very much driven by his love of people. “Phil was focused on real people, real problems, real-life situations,” he said. Throughout the service, a number of other audience members—including several students?...

Author: By Andrew C. Miller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 200 Gather To Remember Positive Psych Pioneer | 3/20/2006 | See Source »

...convinced Jacqueline Kennedy she should have one chief couturier, then went on to create the elegant dresses and pillbox hats that made her the most stylish, most copied First Lady in U.S. history; on Long Island, N.Y. After dressing Marilyn Monroe and onetime fianc Grace Kelly in Hollywood, the pioneer "celebrity designer" set up shop in New York City in the '50s and launched still popular trends such as A-line dresses and men's colored shirts before taking the White House position in 1961. His motto: "Be mobile at all times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Mar. 27, 2006 | 3/19/2006 | See Source »

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