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...Benacerraf, 59, who teaches at Harvard, has further defined the histocompatibility complex. He was intrigued by the variable nature of the immune response-the body's defense against such foreign invaders as viruses. In experiments with mice and guinea pigs, Benacerraf found that the genes that control the vigor of the immune response are part of the major histocompatibility complex...
...portrait of lower-middle-class despair. And Lipscomb's performance is devastatingly acute. His gestures are just too broad, his harsh voice much too loud; Harlan's swagger and insecurity go hand in white-knuckled hand. Lipscomb throws himself into Harlan's impotent pettiness with a vigor that is sometimes hard to watch. It may alienate viewers who have slipped into the theater in search of a Deborah Harry concert and instead found a tongue-in-chic study of a man very much like their least favorite neighbor. Other moviegoers, who may not know Blondie from Dagwood...
...There are few people in the field of biology who have had such a profound influence over several decades, not only on the work of his colleagues, but also on their attitudes as human beings. He was a man of remarkable vigor, integrity, and sensitivity," Wiesel said Sunday...
...colleagues on the board with a rhetorical question: "Recession, where is thy anti-inflationary sting?" Instead of halting the runaway rise in consumer prices, the decline seems merely to have kept the inflationary pressure bottled up and ready to escape at the first sign of renewed economic vigor...
Edward Martin '82, who also roomed with Fagnani, stressed his popularity and vigor. "He met a lot of people while he was here, and he is really well remembered," he said...