Word: zeroed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Princeton defense, meanwhile, also enjoyed an outstanding afternoon and a particularly fine second half. The Tigers held the Crimson to minus 20 yards rushing after intermission, and All-Ivy fullback Robert Santiago (68 yards for the day) to zero yards in the second half...
Calvino is the zero-sum writer, creating an interconnected world, where for every wording there must be a rewording, though maybe not an equal and opposite one. A word is an event, and, as an event, has repercussions on many levels: if there is a whirlwind of starlings crisscrossing the sky, then there will be a network below of messages along the telephone lines, as Mr. Palomar and his odd friends exchange observations on the birds. Calvino is a great writer because he is a great reader--he reads the world as if it were a book...
...progress in a technique that can sharply focus their search for a desired gene. Known as restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), the method relies on enzymes that slice DNA in distinctive patterns; families with a history of a genetic disease will tend to have similar configurations, permitting scientists to zero in on the likeliest site of the offending gene. In recent weeks biologists have announced the discovery of RFLP distinctive patterns, or "markers," for cystic fibrosis, which afflicts about 30,000 Americans; cardiovascular disease susceptibility; polycystic kidney disease; and muscular dystrophy. Says Manuel Buchwald of the Hospital for Sick Children...
...play is fascinating. Four-year-olds display a genius for it, but their parents usually have trouble managing the suspension of disbelief. The adults flying the shuttle mission at the U.S. Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala., however, gave themselves up to an absorbing hallucination of adventure: Walter Mitty in zero gravity. Most of them fell into their roles with amazing and rather endearing conviction. They put on powder blue NASA flight suits and duck-billed hats with gold braid on them. They threw themselves into training. When it came time for their shuttle missions, they imitated precisely the cadences...
Harvard wide receivers--or split ends, if you will--have accounted for none. Zero...