She had most of the attributes of sainthood: a dauntingly selfless life, devotion to a higher cause, rude single-mindedness, a thick skin, and a capacity to wring the withers of the rich and powerful.

ECONOMIST: Mother Teresa

It led to a single invention that now allows scientists to grow skin in a device that looks like a purse, and to create whole human organs in the laboratory.

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The goose is the single richest dish any of us have eaten: skin the color of burnt caramel, gamey, dark and as satisfying as a steak.

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That other client--Barbara Campbell, a 55-year-old single mother with blonde hair, blue eyes and skin freckled by the Big Sky sun--toured the ranch by horseback only a week prior.

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Beneath its carbon fiber skin the 6.5-litre V12 engine and seven-speed single-clutch gearbox get the car to 60 miles per hour in a flat three seconds.

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