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Already this bacterial Rip Van Winkle is being touted as a trailblazer for a new industry. Ambergene Corp. of San Carlos, California, a small biotech firm Cano helped start, claims to have used similar techniques to reanimate nearly 1,500 prehistoric microorganisms ranging from bacteria to yeast. Among the compounds these tiny creatures produce, Cano and his partners hope to identify unique drugs, industrial enzymes and natural pesticides. The company is already filing for patents on promising microbes...
...There's a North Dakota saying," explains Boyd Christenson, a radio talk-show host in Fargo: "When a little animal has been on the teat for a long time, it's tough to be weaned." In general, Fargoans refuse to wait passively for the budget cuts to rip their social fabric. In early March, 10 Fargo churches, along with the Salvation Army, created a Communal Needs fund to help locals who touch bottom. The money will be doled out to individuals who need emergency help with rent, transportation or food. There is not much to go around: donations now total...
...does--and with impressive results. "Welcome to MTV Unglued," Love says jokingly at the start of the show. Her voice is raw, but the band's ragged sound is perversely charming in this folksy format. They rip through a few songs from their current CD, Live Through This, as well as an unreleased Cobain tune, You Got No Right. The performance is unexpectedly loud, and not completely unplugged--Love and Erlandson gamely pluck away at acoustic guitars and are backed by a harpist, but their instruments are wired to not strictly kosher onstage electric amplifiers. Still, the show has grit...
...these people are as dislocated morally as they are geographically ("How did we get to here?" are among the father's last words). Grief is put on hold as they squabble over the Chinese takeout, gang up on a sibling's spouse and expertly rip the scabs of old family wounds. The RSC's production impeccably fulfilled Chekhov's famous dictum that events onstage should be "just as complex and yet just as simple as they are in life. For instance, people are having a meal, just having a meal, but at the same time their happiness is being created...
...more well-to-do traveler will want to explore in sunny weather you'll love the rainfor the way it eliminates crowds and guaranteesbetter service(only the cool kids play in the rain). Bring your parka--the ubiquitous black umbrellas on sale at every street corner are a major rip-off; prices swell with the puddles. But careful not to wear a white T-shirt--natives tend to be a little nipple-conscious...