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It’s a relic dating back to when Dad was in high school, way back in the 1900s.

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On the ocean floor, relics of civilizations that have long since disappeared lie, awaiting discovery.

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RNA, it turns out, survives from the earliest chapter of life—a molecular relic that once handled every task itself but now serves as the essential link translating DNA into action.

His team scrounged up three, including a rental from actor Giovanni Ribisi, who has developed a reputation as a cinematographer and camera whisperer with a menagerie of restored relics.

Among college students, disposable film cameras—a relic of the 1980s—have become popular.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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