Word: australian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Upstairs in the Kangaroo Club, one of many hangouts for the Australian expatriate population, the regulars are skeptical about the press reports. From their privileged vantage point in the air-conditioned bar, everything appears to be business as usual...
Past attempts to implant fetal islet cells failed because a small percentage of these cells have antigenic markers that trigger an immune response. "The classic view was that since these antigens were genetically controlled, there was no way to remove them from the cell," says Kevin Lafferty, an Australian-born immunologist who is director of research at the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Denver. In 1980, however, Lafferty discovered that culturing islet cells in an oxygen-rich environment for a couple of weeks kills those that bear trigger antigens. Says Calvin Stiller, an immunologist at the University...
...same canny marketing tactics have helped make "Crocodile" Dundee, the saga of an ingenuous Australian crocodile hunter on the loose in Manhattan, the sleeper film of the year. Serendipity alone explains Paramount's decision to buy rights to the film from its producer and star, Paul Hogan, for less than $4 million. But Mancuso and his executives made the crucial choice to release the Australian film as a full-scale commercial effort in 871 theaters, rather than as an art-house sideline. Paramount also shrewdly capitalized on the sunny charm of Hogan, sending him on a twelve-city tour...
Meantime, three Australian syndicates are battling for the right to defend the Cup. Bond's Australia IV, descendant of the '83 champion, is six points behind Kookaburra III, which represents the Cup debut of rival Perth Millionaire Kevin Parry. Sydney's Steak 'n' Kidney trails the pack...
...before the December race series. Stars & Stripes added a new mast, French Kiss new sails. USA changed to lighter nickel-cobalt rigging, and the weight saving, under the complicated 12-meter formula, was put back into the boat as ballast to counteract the rising winds and seas of the Australian summer...