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...play began to unravel when, with just over 3:20 remaining and Harvard holding a slim 27-21 lead, Crimson lineman Bill Ross--to whom Wilkinson gives much of the credit for the TD--put a fearsome rush on Lion quarterback Henry Santos...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BRENT WILKINSON | 9/25/1984 | See Source »

...made such tedious work obsolete. Using methods for dissecting molecules, the two groups of researchers reporting in Science were able to identify the specific antigen, found on the surface of the sporozoite, that is responsible for producing immunity to this stage of the parasite, and they were able to unravel part of the chemical structure of the antigen. To their surprise, it was quite simple. So simple, says Victor Nussenzweig, "that it can be very easily synthesized using plain, old-fashioned chemistry." Nonetheless, a vaccine based on the antigen still faces "a lot of pitfalls," warns Top of Walter Reed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Combatting an Ancient Enemy | 8/13/1984 | See Source »

...English peerage system, as the fairies encounter a group of snobbish nobles, both liberal and conservative. Iolanthe may be dated, but the G&S production never gets bogged down by its situations, and it reveals the timeless hilarity of such stock characters as fairies and nobles who gradually unravel the stereotypes that bias their views of each other...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: 'Iolanthe': Pastoral Perfection | 4/18/1984 | See Source »

...worthwhile job in new ways. That is, in part, because more than a generation ago Arthur Miller invented an American dreamer named Willy Loman, put him in a play called Death of a Salesman, and invited us to watch him and his false, almost comic, near-to-tragic dream unravel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Rebirth of an American Dream | 4/9/1984 | See Source »

Meselson says he will contine to press his investigation of the alleged chemical warfare and expresses confidence that the government story will eventually unravel. If indeed the State Department acted too hastily, it should move quickly to retract its charges and withstand the opprobrium it is sure to receive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Compelling Facts | 4/6/1984 | See Source »

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