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Dates: during 1970-1979
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DIED. Sir Terence Rattigan, 66, prolific British playwright (The Winslow Boy, Separate Tables); of cancer; in Hamilton, Bermuda. After Rattigan left Oxford to write plays, his father supported him during a trial period. Just as it ended, his comedy French Without Tears became a hit and ran for 1,039 performances in London. Rattigan's forte was, as he once said, "the play that unashamedly says nothing-except possibly that human beings are strange creatures, and worth putting on the stage, where they can be laughed at or cried over, as our pleasure takes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 12, 1977 | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

...Syrian hamsters in cancer research would help scientists fight cancer by making it easier to identify carcinogenic substances, Fred Homborger, director of the Bio-Research Institute in Cambridge, said yesterday...

Author: By Michael T. Crehan, | Title: Syrian Hamsters | 12/12/1977 | See Source »

Even a small leak would release radioactive waste that would persist in the environment, causing cancer and birth defects into the indefinite future, she added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Caldicott Blasts Nuclear Development | 12/8/1977 | See Source »

...addition, the Biohazards Committee could recommend that the city council set up guidelines for research in other potentially dangerous areas, such as experiments with cancer and radiation, Hayes said...

Author: By Erik J. Dahl, | Title: DNA Panel Hears Advice, Ponders Goals | 12/8/1977 | See Source »

...Jean died of a liver ailment, and Vanauken plunged into despair. It was an astringent letter from Lewis that enabled Vanauken to make some sense out of her death-and his life. Longtime Bachelor Lewis later suffered similar tragedy when he married a woman he knew was dying of cancer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: C.S. Lewis Goes Marching On | 12/5/1977 | See Source »

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