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...team of researchers began by synthesizing a single strand of DNA. They then used an enzyme to add a complementary second strand, forming a complete gene. A "hook" of DNA material at the end of the first strand served as a "primer," or base for the enzyme activity, Fotis C. Kafatos, professor of Biology and one member of the team, said yesterday...

Author: By Steven A. Gield, | Title: Harvard Scientists Are First To Reproduce Gene Artificially | 12/5/1975 | See Source »

Most mistakes occured at the defensive line. Field said "the goalies, Nina Strand and Ellen Seidler, both played extremely well, but Williams' J.V. made some very sophisticated moves that outmaneuvered our defense and ultimately cost us several goals...

Author: By Ann M. Koufman, | Title: Williams Field Hockey Garners Decisive Win Stretches Radcliffe's Losing Streak to Five | 10/14/1975 | See Source »

...mother flew up from Los Angeles. A front-row seat was held for Catherine Hearst on Pacific Southwest Airlines' 4 p.m. commuter flight to San Francisco. She was a model of tightly controlled composure. Her black, high-necked cocktail dress was smooth and unwrinkled; the triple-strand choker of pearls was precisely in place; and her black alligator bag was set neatly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADICALS: PATTY'S TWISTED JOURNEY | 9/29/1975 | See Source »

...piece. Taylor uses his piano like an orchestra to simultaneously build different themes which appear and disappear only to reassert themselves at a later juncture. The music's complexity is stunning; like an intricate web seen from afar, his music seems initially amorphous, but upon closer examination each musical strand and the pattern into which it is woven appears. In many ways Taylor's style is the antithesis of Ayler's in that Taylor is using the new musical freedom to construct a more sophisticated form, rather than a simpler...

Author: By Sam Pillsbury, | Title: The Avant-Garde Lives | 5/20/1975 | See Source »

...Protestant extremist group, the Young Militants-an obscure offshoot of larger paramilitary groups-claimed responsibility for the Strand bar blast. The carnage took Ulster past another grisly milestone: 1,206 dead, including 866 civilians, since 1968, when Catholics began demonstrating for equal rights. This month alone there have been 119 shootings and bombings, with 21 killed and 170 injured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN IRELAND: The Bloody Truce | 4/28/1975 | See Source »

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