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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...kidneys remove toxic substances from the blood. The drinking of urine will result in reabsorption of these substances. A healthy adult could probably consume a small daily portion of his urine without complication. However, consumption of even a small amount of urine by a person with marginally functional kidneys could lead to uremic poisoning by progressively elevating the blood concentrations of toxic substances. Readers who are willing to "drink up" should know the odds before they toast their health...
...author of a 1968 book about the fall of Nikita Khrushchev, Hyland wants to do another about the Brezhnev era. He also has a plot in mind for a spy novel-about Soviet internal machinations and international intrigue, naturally. He has been researching it most of his adult life...
...skull of an adult Australopithecus africanus was unearthed from a mine at Sterkfontein, in the Transvaal. From it, Robert Broom reconstructed a creature similar to the one found at Taung?an ape-man somewhat more than a meter (3 ft. 3 in.) in height, with upright posture and human-like teeth but a low forehead and a small brain. Two years later Broom uncovered a new type of the southern ape a mile away, at Kromdraai. The creature, later called Australopithecus robustus, was heavier and larger than the earlier South African finds, and had bigger teeth, set in a nutcracker...
Usually deadlier than the professional torch is the psychopathic amateur who burns once for strictly personal reasons such as jealousy or revenge. A federal study puts 55% of adult arsonists in the burn-for-hate category. In New York, a jealous suitor and two friends have been charged with setting a fire last year in a Puerto Rican social club in the South Bronx. Twenty-five party-goers died in the blaze. The alleged motive: the man's girl friend had attended the party against his wishes. Says Donald Mershon, manager of the Metropolitan Chicago Loss Bureau, which handles...
...skill of the rescuing commandos, many, if not all, of the terrified hostages might have suffered similar fates. According to the hostages' accounts, the skyjackers were sadists who flaunted their cruelty. Said a middle-aged male hostage: "They were animals, just animals." Mrs. Christine Santiago, the only adult American on board, later recalled, "Mahmud went into rages. It was terrible. He checked watches and jewelry to find any Jewish star. He said Jews were his enemies. There were three girls who were Jewish, and he said they would be executed in the morning. Then he changed his mind and said...