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Kathleen K. Borenstein Rahway...
...Rahway, N.J., chemists at Merck & Co., the country's biggest prescription drug manufacturer, stare into video display computer terminals at brightly colored, twisting geometric shapes reminiscent of an alien virus in a science-fiction epic. The scientists are testing the action of a new drug on an enzyme through computer simulation. Says Merck Research Fellow Graham Smith: "Instead of taking a month to synthesize a new compound, we can now do it in a few minutes...
...until the Sagan family,moved to Rahway, N.J., that Carl realized he actually could become a professional astronomer. All along he had felt he might have to go into the clothing business with his father, perhaps as a salesman. But his high school biology teacher assured him that astronomers, like the famous Harlow Shapley, were really paid for their work. In 1951, at 16, he entered the University of Chicago on a scholarship. Nine years later, he left with a Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics...
...mystery of the punctual professional burglars was finally solved when police arrested two inmates at nearby minimum security Rahway State Prison, Thomas Robinson, 31, and Melvin Muldrow, 29. Prison officials had discovered, they said, that the culprits would sneak out during the designated visiting hours, practice the trade for which they were originally sentenced, and sneak back in before they were missed. A stash of loot worth almost $5,000 was found in the woods outside the prison...
...reasons for the crime of rape have been endlessly debated, but only now, partly because of pressure from feminist groups, is systematic research under way. One psychotherapeutic program for convicted rapists, conducted at Rahway state prison in New Jersey, reports that 75% of the 150 offenders in treatment had been sexually abused as children, often so brutally that they repressed the memory...