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Local Philadelphia residents refer to the Schuykill River as the "Sure Kill" because of its rampant pollution and acid pH balance. The waterway did indeed mean death for the Pennsylvania and Navy heavyweight crews on Saturday, as Harvard's varsity, J.V. and freshmen murdered them by convincing margins of at least a length...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: Heavyweights Streak Past Penn by Nine Seconds | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

...women's ice hockey team passed the acid test of dawn practices and Sunday morning games this winter as a first-year club sport, and Coach Joe Bertagna looks forward to Level Two (varsity) status next winter...

Author: By Bill Scheft, | Title: A Cold Draft for Curry | 5/5/1978 | See Source »

Thursday, May 4: Chemistry Department Seminar: Dr. Karen Gennette on Benzo Pyrene Diol Epoxides as Intermediates in Nucleic Acid Binding In Zitro and In Vivo, Science Center...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WELLESLEY | 5/4/1978 | See Source »

...chemical that most efficiently killed the poppies was an acid known as 2.4-D. The best marijuana spray was a more toxic salt, paraquat, developed by Britain's Imperial Chemical Industries; it is a poison that becomes tasteless, odorless and colorless after it is sprayed on crops. As little as one-tenth of an ounce of paraquat can kill humans who swallow it. Lesser amounts can cause scarring of the lungs, which can lead to an irreversible condition called pulmonary fibrosis. The herbicide can also cause lung hemorrhaging and vomiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Panic over Paraquat | 5/1/1978 | See Source »

Courage, Mary Lou Rosato surely embodies, but the heartrending passion of a mother is somehow lacking, possibly because Director Alan Schneider focuses unflinchingly on the acid worldly wisdom of the play. Brecht said he wanted play goers to judge Mother Courage, not to weep for her; and The Acting Company, which tours the entire U.S., deserves credit for trying it that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Intrepid Loser | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

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