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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 10, 1993                   TAG: 9303100285
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 9   EDITION: METRO 
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PEOPLE

Future research projects were not on Elizabeth Pine's mind Monday night. "This is past exciting, this is shock!" the ecstatic 17-year-old said after winning one of the nation's most prestigious science and math competitions - and a $40,000 college scholarship.

Scientists judged Elizabeth's "A Mushrooming Expose" the best of 40 research projects at the 52nd annual Westinghouse Science Talent Search in Washington.

The Aurora, Ill., high school senior won for shedding light on a controversy surrounding the classification of some fungi.

As she hugged and congratulated other contestants, Elizabeth may have been thinking about an additional prize: the red Toyota Celica that her father, Dr. Michael Pine, promised her if she won.

Elizabeth's knowledge and reasoning ability impressed Nobel laureate Glenn Seaborg, a judge. "We are really looking to predict future success," he said.

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