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Sidney Altman

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sidney Altman 1939-, Canadian-American molecular biologist, b. Montreal, Ph.D., Univ. of Colorado, 1967. A professor at Yale Univ. since 1971, he discovered that RNA could function as enzymes; it was previously thought that enzymatic activity was only possible in protein molecules. His discovery has a potential use in fighting viral infections. For this work, Altman shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics with Thomas Cech , who independently made the same discovery. Author not available, ALTMAN, SIDNEY. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Sidney Altman
Encyclopedia of World Biography Sidney Altman Research by molecular biologist Sidney Altman (born 1939) has helped unravel many of the mysteries ... looked after the home and her children by the time Sidney was born. Altman's parents instilled in him an appreciation for the ... Read more
Nashville
International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ... USA, 1975 Director: Robert Altman Production: Paramount Pictures ... Nashville. Producer: Robert Altman; screenplay: Joan Tewkesbury ... photography: Paul Lohmann; editors: Sidney Levin and Dennis Hill; sound ... Vision: The Films of Robert Altman , New York, 1976. Kass, Judith M., Robert Altman, ... Read more

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Patents and primordial soup. (Nobel laureates in Chemistry Thomas Cech and Sidney Altman)
Chemistry and Industry; 11/6/1989; 448 words ; ... University of Colorado, Boulder and Yale's Sidney Altman, for their independent discovery ... attributed only to proteins. Cech and Altman have demonstrated that RNA can cut ... absence of protein. Four years earlier, Altman had discovered that a ribonuclease ... Read more
Sidney Altman Age: 81 Residenc ...
The Washington Post; 9/5/2002; 419 words ; Age: 81 Residence: Gaithersburg. Education: MA, New York University; BBA, City College of New York. Occupation: Retired history teacher. Elected Offices/Civic Activities: Executive board member, New York City AFT; President, Long Island, N.Y., local American Education Association. Why should the Read more
Roger Altman: N.E.'s business go-to guy
The Boston Globe; 1/10/1993; David Warsh, Globe Staff; 787 words ; PROSPECTUS '93 When Roger Altman was young, his uncle by marriage ... rubbed off on the youthful Altman, whom Frazier befriended ... confer a little stardust on Altman, enough to cloak his sorrow ... the death of his father, Sidney S. Altman (a food broker), enough to ... Boston Irish gene. Frazier ... Read more
RICHARD AND ELAINE ALTMAN.(TRIAD)
The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC); 7/8/2005; 124 words ; CINCINNATI OHIO -- CINCINNATI, OHIO- Mr. Richard Altman, 75, died May 6, 2005, and Mrs. Elaine Altman, 78, died July 1, 2005. A graveside service will be held ... Cemetery with Rabbi Fred Guttman officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Altman were both retired public employees of Hamilton County, Cincinnati ... Honolulu, ... Read more
Splice of Life; Robert Altman, the Visionary Director Who Made Movies Into Mirrors
The Washington Post; 11/22/2006; Stephen Hunter - Washington Post Staff Writer; 787 words ; Where others saw images, Robert Altman saw layers. Where others saw dramatic simplicity, Robert Altman saw human complexity. Where others saw theatrical artifice, Robert Altman saw the teeming, throbbing Petri dish called life ... in the first few minutes that you were in a Robert Altman film, not ... Read more
Robert Altman basks in the glow
Chicago Sun-Times; 5/12/1992; Roger Ebert; 703 words ; CANNES, France "This opera is costing me a fortune," Robert Altman moaned. He stood at midnight on the beach in front of ... ovens. When it comes to the Cannes Film Festival, Bob Altman has been up and he's been down. He won the Palm d'Or with ... have also been years - the last 10 in particular - when Altman's ... Read more
Campaign '88: The Satire; Altman, Lining Up Washington Insiders for HBO's `Tanner'
The Washington Post; 3/26/1988; Charles Trueheart; 787 words ; ... option." In the world of the Robert Altman-Garry Trudeau election year serial ... creature of it. Shot on videotape-only Altman's second experiment away from ordinary ... Trudeau, the creator of "Doonesbury," Altman assumes some of the cartoonist's self-consciousne ... husband of "An Unmarried Woman." When ... Read more
Sidney's Ark: Or Hadash creates lasting legacy for one of its
Jewish Exponent; 6/12/1997; 474 words ; Jewish Exponent 06-12-1997 Sidney's Ark: Or Hadash creates lasting ... to the Jewish Exponent Dr. Sidney Altman died in April, but his influence ... will dedicate its new ark to Altman during a ceremony on Sunday ... the beginning," said Barbara Altman, his wife of 41 years. The ... Read more
Groundbreaking dramas from Sidney Lumet.(Video Recording Review)
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI); 2/28/2006; Lawson, Terry; 787 words ; Byline: Terry Lawson Sidney Lumet rarely gets mentioned ... same sentences as Robert Altman and Martin Scorsese, yet ... hostage situation. Local TV news _ only recently technologically ... Beale, a veteran network news anchor who is about to ... to take this anymore. News director William Holden ... Read more
NEW DVD RELEASES: Groundbreaking dramas from Sidney Lumet.
Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 2/28/2006; 787 words ; ... Terry Lawson Feb. 28--Sidney Lumet rarely gets mentioned ... same sentences as Robert Altman and Martin Scorsese, yet ... hostage situation. Local TV news -- only recently technologically ... Beale, a veteran network news anchor who is about to ... to take this anymore. News director William ... Read more

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