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...with sweet delight that Venter announced last week that Celera had completed a rough draft of the genome months ahead of schedule and that it was on track to wrap the project up as early as this summer. Celera scientists now have 90% of the genome in their database. They have also captured 97% of all the known human genes and discovered tens of thousands of new ones--including hundreds for previously unknown neurotransmitter receptors and at least one new kind of interferon. "This is not only a monumental moment in Celera's history," Venter proclaimed in a webcast news...
Stuck in a bus for five-and-a-half hours, the ride to New Haven was a little rough for the Crimson...
...very rough game," Botterill said. "They were out there and definitely out to play physical, and that was definitely part of their game plan...
...ZEFF and ED GABEL, our graphics director and associate graphics director, began working on the NASCAR-inspired gatefold guide to the primary season (see page 47) late Wednesday, with only Gabel's rough sketch in hand. Over the next 48 hours they exhausted themselves layering the charcoal drawing with loads of realistic, and fun, details. "The idea," says Zeff, "is to take information that people might find boring and make it as engaging as possible." To spice things up, Zeff and Gabel added small touches, like the POW/MIA sticker on McCain's racer and gold lettering on Forbes' chauffeur-driven...
...bodies and young men forced to sweat it out in factories while the fat cats leaned back and watched their money grow. Orson Welles (Angus MacFadyen) directed the musical under the aegis of the Federal Theater Project, a government initiative intended to provide work and keep culture going in rough times. But anything approaching Blitzstein's socialist sentiment wasn't welcome as the Red Scare heated up and suspicious eyes turned to the nation's artistic community in order to find a culprit for the spreading virus. Rather famously, Welles' production was shut down on opening night, marking the only...