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...scientists, and possibly for all humanity, a watershed event is about to take place. Biologists have long been closing in on a goal that is both alluring and frightening: to alter the genetic code of a human being. They have transplanted foreign genes into bacteria, fruit flies, even mice. Now medical researchers at the National Institutes of Health are ready to take the big step: within the next two months they will perform the first authorized gene transplants into humans...
Last week, the council voted 6-3 to alter that easement, clearing the way for a developer to tear down the Inn and replace it with shops and offices...
...I.D.F. alone cannot possibly fulfill the conflicting demands of a deeply divided nation. At best it can ensure that life for the Palestinians remains extremely difficult. Only political courage on both sides of the barricades can alter the painful status quo. And there can be no doubt that on both sides of the barricades, there is pain. "The Arabs are paying the higher physical price," says Ze'ev Schiff, defense editor of the Israeli daily Ha'aretz. "Israel pays the moral...
Equipment changes: Yellow or other colored mouthpieces will be allowed. Twenty-five second clocks will be mandatory by 1990. Players may not alter their uniforms with knots or other protrusions...
...been able to muster a governing majority. Now, however, there is a greater chance that the two main groups will continue their paralytic unity coalition, if only to give cover to each other in handling this diplomatic bombshell. On one point they are already united: Israel will not alter its refusal to talk with the P.L.O. Both parties are bracing for a bumpy time with Washington. Ever the optimist, Peres suggested that the U.S. will soon wise up to its mistake and back out of a bad judgment. The dour Shamir offered little but bitterness last week...