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...vanished. Infuriated by unreasoning opposition to the new discoveries, James Watson-who, with Francis Crick, won a Nobel Prize for determining the double-helix structure of the DNA (for deoxyribonucleic acid) molecule-has labeled the critics "kooks," "shits" and "incompetents." One of his targets is fellow Nobel Laureate George Wald, who has supported efforts to ban recombinant DNA research at Harvard and M.I.T. Wald contends that instead of trying to find the roots of cancer, for example, through genetic research, society can fight the disease more effectively by taking carcinogens out of the environment...
...George Wald, Higgins Professor of Biology and Nobel laureate, will address the Junior Day crowd at 3:30 p.m. in Science Center D. His speech, like the panel discussions, will be open to all students...
Only outstanding goaltending by Barry Wald at the start of the first period enabled Harvard to avoid falling behind the aggressive Minutemen. With Glenn Johnson off for holding, the Crimson's Roger Hunt took a page right out of the Billy Cleary playbook and scored a shorthanded goal at 13:02, giving Harvard a 1-0 lead...
...goal was justifiably disputed because, as the referees later admitted--after the game, of course--the puck never went into the net. Wald dropped the puck behind him and although it went perilously close to the no-no line, it never went over. But it was still...
...Look over here in this corner!" commanded Whacker. I looked, but the sight that confronted me didn't register for a couple of minutes. I was dumbfounded. It was Mayor Vellucci--at least it looked like Mayor Vellucci--but it spoke in the voice of George Wald. It was giving what appeared to be a lecture on Death. That's how I knew...