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Dissolved in a test tube, the essence of life is a clear liquid. To the naked eye it looks just like water. But when it is stirred, the "water" turns out - to be as sticky as molasses, clinging to a glass rod and forming long, hair- thin threads. "You get the feeling this is really different stuff," says Dr. Francis Collins in his molecular-biology laboratory at the National Institutes of Health. Collins heads a mammoth effort to catalog the library of biological data locked in those threads, a challenge he compares, not inaccurately, with splitting the atom or going...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Genetic Revolution | 1/17/1994 | See Source »

Kenneth Lanning, special supervisory agent at the FBI Academy's Behavioral Science Unit in Quantico, Virginia, stresses that parents should not obsess on murder-kidnappers. Concentrating too hard on "stranger-danger," he says, "is like putting a lightning rod on your home and canceling your homeowner's insurance. You're prepared for one terrible but highly unlikely event and unprepared for a host of things that are far more likely." Although Lanning understands the horror that a Klaas case generates, he points out that family violence exacts a much higher toll. "In the two months that you put all this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robbing the Innocents | 12/27/1993 | See Source »

...Rod N. Bennett '97 bought a ticket, butcanceled his trip to New Haven to study for a Chem5 test on Monday...

Author: By Steve S. Chien, | Title: Students, Fans Evacuate the City As They Head South for The Game | 11/20/1993 | See Source »

Restic's first season, 1971, was troubled. Spoiled by 7-2 and 8-0-1 seasons under Yovicsin, Harvard began the season 3-4. Quarterback Rod Foster complained that the playbook was too difficult, having been used to the bash-their-brains-out style of seasons past. Nevertheless, the Crimson finished the year with victories over Brown and Yale to have a record of 4-3 Ivy, 5-4 overall...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: The Odyssey of a Coach and a Program | 11/19/1993 | See Source »

...Maniacs fan, buy MTV Unplugged. It's a decent album, not too thrilling, but probably worth your 12 bucks, even if it is no Rod Stewart: Unplugged...and Seated. But then again, what...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: 10,000 Maniacs Pull the Plug | 11/18/1993 | See Source »

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