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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tapes from the flight recorders that were on board both planes. In our cover stories this week we set ourselves a broader task: not only to piece together the narrative of the Tenerife disaster but also to examine the wider question of just how safe air travel is today. Answer: very...
...same man. The chilling conclusion of Birmingham Police Chief Jerry Tobin: "We think he is a white-collar-class person or a professional man-somebody who is trusted, like a doctor, a policeman, a member of the clergy." Asked if that means neighbor should watch neighbor, his answer is a terse...
...granules called ribosomes. But ribosomes are themselves highly complex protein structures that obviously evolved long after protein first appeared. Then how, without the complex ribosome "factories," was primitive protein produced? Last week, in a report published in the journal Origin of Life, a team of molecular biologists suggested an answer. If the hypothesis is correct, says one of the researchers, it could alter Darwin's theory of natural selection and current concepts of genetic engineering...
...Schlesinger was tapped for the shape-up operation. As CIA director he immediately began to demythologize the agency. For example, he ordered road signs that identified the CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., as THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS to be changed to the correct designation. Staffers were instructed to answer the telephone with their names, not just the telephone number. Schlesinger elevated scientific types to the top jobs and fired some 1,500 of the "old boys"-undercover agents who had come in from the cold to cushy jobs in the home office. "He was very, very brutal about...
...portray realistically. At the trial before the Sanhedrin, the High Priest Caiaphas asks Jesus if he is indeed "the Messiah, the Son of the Living God." Jesus replies flatly, "I am," an act of blasphemy that leads directly to his execution. Zeffirelli could have used Christ's indirect answer in Matthew and Luke: "You have said so," but he preferred the direct statement from Mark...