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...China. First, the two teams marched onto the floor and intertwined hands, then they marched off again. But where were the tables? Suddenly, 50 or so Chinese men, women and children dressed in red jump suits danced onto the floor in time to music, carrying the tables and green barrier boards to stop stray Ping Pong balls. Two games were played at a time, and Cowan, who wore a red headband to keep back his hair, was an obvious favorite of the crowd. "We had the impression the Chinese were trying hard not to embarrass us by lopsided scores," said...
...impasse on West Berlin reduced the hopes for a relaxation of tensions in Central Europe. It also acts as a barrier to convening the Soviet-sponsored Conference on European Security that Moscow would like to hold as a means of gaining full Western acceptance of Eastern Europe's present borders, which were redrawn by the victorious Soviet army during World War II. The Western nations refuse to attend until there is a solution to West Berlin. Despite mounting frustration, neither side has shown any inclination to break off the talks...
...experiments demonstrated, RNA itself does not store memories; instead, it may play an intermediary role, stimulating the brain to produce proteins that are perhaps the actual repositories of memory. In one experiment inspired by that theory, University of Michigan Biochemist Bernard Agranoff taught goldfish to swim over a barrier, then injected them with puromycin, an antibiotic that prevents protein synthesis. When the injection was given hours after learning, it had no effect, suggesting that memory proteins had already formed. Injected just before or just after training, the drug prevented learning...
...held the line," associate director L. Fred Jewett '57 said yesterday, "even though breaking the $5000 term bill barrier is going to scare some people away...
Water Cannon. The protests were timed to coincide with the Brussels meeting of the E.E.C.'s agricultural ministers. Behind a protective barrier of concertina wire, water cannon and heavily armed cops, the ministers are trying to thresh out solutions to the Common Market's troublesome agricultural crisis...