The burnt bones were first described by Dr Bob Brain and Dr Andrew Sillen of the University of Cape Town in 1988.

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At Oxford University, meanwhile, Andrew Turberfield and Bob Denning are using crossed laser beams to create so-called photonic crystals.

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Loews' second generation of Tisches--Jim as chief executive and, as cochairmen, his older brother, Andrew, and Bob's second-born son, Jonathan--officially took over in 1999.

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