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George R. Merriam

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Harvard Chemists Synthesize Vital Human Hormones Group

A Harvard research group has announced the synthesis of a family of hormones that may ultimately be of as much


David Brower

D AVID BROWER is a conservationist. Think about Walt Disney, birdwatching, and Peter Rabbit, and all the things that the


The Ivory Coast: Old and New Exist in Awkward Mixture

Adzope is one of a score of drab, sprawling towns which you pass on the Ivory Coast's main highway north


Harvard, M.I.T. to Examine Medical Use of Technology

Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have established a joint committee to study ways of applying the techniques of


Civic Center Provides Work for Elderly

The little old lady walking down Commonwealth Ave. stopped under every tree and made an entry in her thick notebook.


Where Have The Explorers Gone? Today's Adventurer Craves A Cave

Midway through the "Gunbarrel" in Knox Cave, New York, I tried to pull myself forward a little bit. There wasn't


Cigarette Kindles K-House Mattress; Firemen Quell Blaze Amidst Cheers

A fire started by a misplaced cigarette blackened a fourth-floor Kirkland House suite last night, but damage was slight and


Garmezy to Head Clinical Program

Norman Garmezy, one of the world's leading experts on schizophrenia, will become the head of Harvard's graduate program in Clinical


Computer Expert Turns Professor

Computer expert Ivan E. Sutherland has been named associate professor of Electrical Engineering, Sutherland, who was director of the Defense