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Sequences of DNA contain large segments, calledintrons, which are not actually translated intothe protein formed. This often makes finding thosegenes responsible for a given protein--the exonswhich lie between the introns--extremely difficultfor researchers, who must sift through as much as98 or 99 percent "junk...
...Imaging specialist Kin Wah Lam will transmit the edited selections to picture editor Michele Stephenson and assistant picture editors Karen Zakrison and Eleanor Taylor. A new Eastman Kodak 2035 scanner will be used to send pictures to us here at headquarters in a mere 45 seconds. The editors will sift through these low- resolution "first drafts" and pick the photos to be sent via satellite to them in publishable form...
Thunderheart, with no obligation to sift through the intricate facts of a complicated case, has more time than the documentary to portray the shameful living conditions at Pine Ridge and to suggest the power of the mystical traditions AIM sought to revive. Its protagonist, an FBI agent named Ray Levoi (Val Kilmer), is assigned to the reservation mainly for public relations reasons; he's one-quarter Sioux. And not proud of it. But the squalor of Pine Ridge touches him, as do the Native Americans, led by a tough, funny tribal policeman (Graham Greene) and a sly, funny shaman (Chief...
ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, I sat in my room and stared at my Georgia absentee voter's kit wondering what to do. Not knowing anything about the Democratic candidates--and not having enough time to run to any Institute of Politics forums or to sift through back issues of news magazines--I didn't have the slightest idea how to mark my ballot...
This past weekend, as reporter Lawrence Mondi helped organize coverage at home, deputy chief of correspondents Paul A. Witteman and special-projects associate picture editor MaryAnne Golon set up shop in Albertville. Witteman will be heading our on-site reporting team, while Golon will sift through 7,000 photos daily to send the best back to designer Jane Frey. Just before departure, most of our team gathered in New York City's Central Park for a last-minute workout. "It's not exactly top-level luge, but my only other winter activity -- snowball fights -- is not yet recognized...