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...find the genes: the discrete segments of DNA that are the basic units of heredity. For scientists racing to map the human genome (as the complete set of genes is called), the past year has been extraordinarily productive. With automated cloning equipment and rough computerized maps to steer them through the vast stretches of DNA, scientists are finding human genes at the rate of more than one a day. In the past 12 months they have located the genes for Huntington's disease, Lou Gehrig's disease, the so-called bubble-boy disease, the disease featured in the film Lorenzo...

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

...addition, the CUE Guide lists only teaching fellows who have received high ratings. While this is helpful, bad teaching fellows are not listed and thus, students can not steer clear from the TFs who could make a semester miserable...

Author: By Uzma Ahmad, | Title: The Evaluation Situation | 1/7/1994 | See Source »

...somehow, the set manages to steer clear from feeling like each song was meant to be a token something ("Cumbia & Jazz Fusion" the one Latin song, "Myself When I Am Real" the one piano song, "Meditations on Integration" the one social-protest song, and so on), perhaps because every piece in this set is so breathtaking...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: Reissued Rhino Records Shine Once Again | 12/15/1993 | See Source »

...newly crowned three kings of the American road intend to steer Detroit in the right direction. "For guys who love cars," says Glenn Gardner, the engineer who launched Chrysler's first platform team, "there's nothing greater than seeing the first cars come off the line, chunk, chunk, chunk, and be letter-perfect." Gardner blows a little victory kiss in the air. Chunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Back on the Fast Track | 12/13/1993 | See Source »

This will only be seen as a "feelgood" movie bythose who can thank their stars that they're notBritish. But Leigh somehow manages to steer clearof unmitigated pessimism. There are some greatone-liners, for example Vivien's classic blunder:"I would like to propose a toast to mum's birthday'cos it may be her last." There is also, inCyril's enduring idealism and his tenderness forboth Shirley and his mother, a reminder of theimportance of maintaining "high hopes...

Author: By Tilly Franklin, | Title: Class Wars | 12/9/1993 | See Source »

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