Word: acidic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...boggling, rhythmic experiments in his Mexico City studio with the player piano, which later became his chosen medium of expression. Emotionally stirring, the piece deserves wider currency. And the swooping, sliding, fuzz-toned Purple Haze must be as close as a string quartet is likely to come to playing acid rock at the Fillmore. Jimi was never like this. Can Janis be far behind...
...invader is tiny, about one sixteen-thousandth the size of the head of a pin. It consists basically of a double-layered shell or envelope full of proteins, surrounding a bit of ribonucleic acid (RNA), the single-stranded genetic molecule, and often enters the bloodstream of its victim after sexual contact. It is an AIDS virus, and its intrusion does not go unnoticed. Scouts of the body's immune system, large cells called macrophages, sense the presence of the diminutive foreigner and promptly alert the immune system. It begins to mobilize an array of cells that, among other things, produce...
...remarkable transformation takes place. With the help of the enzyme, the naked AIDS virus converts its RNA into double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), the master molecule of life. The molecule then penetrates the cell nucleus, inserts itself into a chromosome and takes over part of the cellular machinery, directing it to produce more AIDS viruses. Eventually, overcome by its alien product, the cell swells and dies, releasing a flood of new viruses to attack other cells, including more helper T cells and macrophages. The immune system, deprived of a crucial number of those vital T cells, is unable to direct...
...comfortably into either liberal or conservative platforms. As one liberal observer said of the expected returns, "It'll be pretty ideological." This is certainly true of the abortion question, divided as it is between existing battle fronts, and of the two legislative advisory questions on national health insurance and acid rain...
...legislative advisory" questions. Both are considered likely to pass. Many labor and liberal organizations, as well as the governor and both Massachusetts U.S. Senators, support Question 7, which would advise the Massachusetts legislature and Congress that voters favor national health insurance. Question 8 favors a national program to combat acid rain...