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...oxygen, nitrogen and carbon dioxide, contained methena, ammonia and hydrogen. These ingredients, still to be found in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, slowly combined into larger and larger organic (carbon-containing) molecules, according to the hypothesis. At last one molecule, a complex protein, showed the ability to absorb other molecules and create replicas of itself out of their material. This "Adam molecule" was the first life; it could grow and reproduce itself...
After thousands of years, says Professor Plass, plants and the slow-moving seas will absorb most of the excess CO ² . But for centuries to come, if man's industrial growth continues, the earth's climate will continue to grow warmer...
...square miles, more than 25% of Israel's total area); 2) Jerusalem must be internationalized; 3) Israel must allow the three-quarter million Palestine refugees, now living in squalid camps throughout the Middle East, to return to their homes. Actually, the Arabs are making no attempt to absorb the refugees, and the U.N. has pledged $250 million on their behalf, of which...
...Biggest gainer of all was Bethlehem, which reported sales up 7.3% to a record $500,407,927 and earnings up 63.6% to $30,961,033. But though steelmakers' earnings were good, none of the companies thought they were good enough to absorb an industry wage increase (see above) or higher costs. Said Bethlehem's Chairman Eugene G. Grace: "Since the war, we have now spent in construction something over $600 million, and it's about time we were getting some benefits from...
...North Whitehead, director of the Program and member of the Faculty of Business Administration, announced yesterday that the Business School will also absorb the financial deficits for the next two years, should there be any. The school has been self-financing to a limited extent, with the annual deficit paid by Radcliffe College...