Word: agent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Died. Louis Frederick Fieser, 78, the Harvard organic chemist who first synthesized the blood-clotting agent vitamin K and developed combat napalm; in Cambridge, Mass. His research into the chemical reactions involved in cancer-a disease the cigarette-smoking Fieser himself contracted-won him numerous awards. About his work with napalm, the gasoline-derivative jelly first used in World War II and then extensively in Viet Nam, Fieser once declared: "I'd do it again, if called upon, in defense of the country...
...conflicts, he was one of the first true cosmopolitans: he was both painter and diplomat, and on delicate negotiations (as with his efforts to make a treaty between Spain and England, for which Charles I duly knighted him), Rubens the court portraitist served as splendid cover for Rubens the agent. He spoke five languages fluently, knew almost everyone of significance in the worlds of politics, scholarship and art, and was the proper heir to Titian's role as "prince of painters and painter of princes." (By a slightly eerie coincidence, Rubens was conceived in the provincial Westphalian town...
...Though this drug has the advantage of not causing the stomach irritation associated with aspirin and though it can be taken by the few people sensitive to aspirin, it also has drawbacks: in large doses it can cause liver damage. In addition, since it is not an anti-inflammatory agent, it does not work against the swollen joints characteristic of arthritis...
...Laker's stand-by plan. The fare would be close to Laker's. But instead of having to purchase their tickets at the flight gate, Skytrain-style, bargain travelers on TWA would be able to buy them in advance, either from the airline or a travel agent. The ticket would be good for any flight, on a space-available basis; if no seats are available when the passenger wants to leave, he can try another flight or return his ticket for the full purchase price...
...starts by passing around photos of his dead fiancee for general approbation. As a catalytic agent full of "power of positive thinking" jargon, he soon reduces everyone either to tears or to hysterics. With blithe incomprehension, he unmasks torpedoed marriages, a joyless adulteress (Dale Hodges), blasted careers, lace-curtain carnage...