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...Speaker more than I do." And no one--with the possible exception of Gephardt--had logged more miles, raised more money or delivered more speeches than Gore. Though Gore was never particularly popular with his colleagues when he served on Capitol Hill, he now enjoys a substantial reservoir of goodwill and gratitude. And for the first time, when Clinton saluted Gore's "visionary leadership" during last month's State of the Union speech, Democrats actually cheered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Al And Dick Show | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...some time, scientists have known that a small African monkey called the sooty mangabey is the natural reservoir of a virus very similar to HIV-2, which causes a milder form of AIDS found largely in western Africa. But the source of HIV-1, the dominant cause of the AIDS pandemic, has remained elusive to virus hunters like Alabama's Dr. Beatrice Hahn. Long on the trail of links between HIV and kindred simian viruses, she jumped at the chance to examine old tissue samples (stored, as it turns out, in a freezer at the National Cancer Institute) from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The First Chimpanzee | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

Researchers at M.I.T. reported last week in Nature that they had built the first prototype "pharmacy on a chip," a tiny reservoir-filled microchip that could be made small enough to be swallowed or injected and smart enough to release drugs or hormones in a predetermined order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Smart Pill | 2/8/1999 | See Source »

...upstart event when your name has become critical shorthand. "To me a 'Sundance' film is sort of a sober independent taking itself very seriously," says Schickel. "Of course, sometimes things come out that are quite wonderful." In past years that list has included "Betty Blue," "Sex, Lies and Videotape," "Reservoir Dogs" and last year's "Gods and Monsters." This year Park City, Utah, once again buried under several feet of snow, will see more movies and more viewers -- some 12,000 of them -- than ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Sundance Over the Hill? | 1/21/1999 | See Source »

...long range implications of the medallists' contributions cannot be underestimated," Colwell said. "We applaud them daily for their continual contributions to humankind, for adding to science's reservoir of knowledge and for the impact they have on the students they mentor and educate...

Author: By Terry E-E Chang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Scientists Honored With National Medals | 12/8/1998 | See Source »

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