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...What W?thrich did in the early 1980s was to find a way to analyze the signal from something dramatically smaller. It involves a lot of mathematics - measuring the distances between hundreds of pairs of hydrogen atoms in a given molecule and then combining all of the distances to yield a three-dimensional diagram of the molecule?s shape. That lets biologists understand disease and drug proteins in a whole new way; it was W?thrich?s technique, for example that led to an understanding of the detailed structure of prions, which are involved in Mad Cow disease. It has also been...
...more mystery for investigators to ponder. A side note on the tarot card: those familiar with tarot card meanings say that whoever left the card at the crime scene probably doesn't know much about tarot or how to read cards. The death card doesn't actually signal or predict death; it's a sign of transition or change - a "death," as it were, of a previous habit or way of life...
David Wu's career thrived in the '90s. In just three years, he went from being a mid-level performance analyst in Washington to being a general manager for Allied Signal (now Honeywell) in Shanghai. The management job came with a mid-six-figure income, but it also required David, 45, to travel almost constantly, averaging 80 hours a month on planes. In 1995 David, his wife Elly, now 42, and their three children, Letitia, 14, Lawrence, 12, and Lennifer, 10, moved to China, hoping David would be able to spend more time with the family. But he wasn...
...pressure on him right now to give up on developing weapons of mass destruction and to forsake his ambitions of dominating his neighbors. At one point recently, the pressure became so great that he agreed to allow UN weapons inspectors into Iraq. That agreement seemed to signal that Saddam was actually moving toward real reform, which was no doubt a painful prospect for Saddam. But what Saddam failed to realize in that moment of weakness was that no substantive changes of any kind would really be necessary if only he had been keeping up with the Sopranos...
...that light, this deal—in which Harvard will pay Watertown $3.8 million this year, increasing 3 percent each year until 2054—is a heartening signal that the University recognizes its obligation to invest in surrounding communities. The $3.8 million figure is the Arsenal’s estimated tax value this year, ensuring that Watertown will not lose any revenue at all in the short term. And though the agreement ends 52 years from now, Harvard has extended other payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreements after they have expired in Cambridge and Boston...