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...Perspective is run by a rag-tag group of liberal intellectuals who meet in a dingy basement office at Memorial Hall described by President Jesse M. Furman '94 as "pathetic." The closest thing to banquets are pizza parties...
...press refers to her as a superwoman, and the list of her accomplishments tallies with that tag. Still, she was something of a late bloomer. Friends remember her as a child who loved sports and animals more than books. She once thought about becoming a veterinarian and, until she quit the Foreign Ministry, kept pictures of dogs and kittens on her office desk. When the occasion called for it, she was fearless in standing up to teachers and willing to speak for the class when she felt that injustice was being done...
...other hand, if you already have DOS 5, the new version is probably not worth the $50 price tag. Get a keg for this weekend instead, and celebrate the end of classes...
...quests have been as feverish as the search for alternative sources of taxol, the anticancer drug derived from yew trees. So far, the best candidates have not made an impact on the price tag. A single treatment cycle costs nearly $1,000 and may have to be repeated 10 times. Researchers from Montana report in Science that they have found the answer: a lowly tree fungus that produces the cancer-fighting chemical in minute quantities. If scientists can figure out how to boost the output, they should be able to create fermentation vats brimming with relatively inexpensive taxol...
...almost inevitable. The space agency has grudgingly agreed to pool its brainpower -- and perhaps hardware -- with its former archrivals the Russians. Last week the White House ordered NASA to bring Russian experts into discussions on how to scale down the planned space station. With its current $30 billion price tag, Freedom will never get off the ground...