Word: cancerously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bring back the remains to grieving relatives. At the same time, helicopters whirred over the jungles to search for survivors who were thought to be hiding from the cult. There were reports that the colony had been terrorized by Jones, who was rumored to be dying of cancer. Police found huge caches of illegal arms, ranging from automatic rifles to crossbows, but hundreds of thousands of dollars had disappeared from the colony's safe. And only at week's end did officials declare that there were virtually no survivors in the forest, and that the death toll...
...MONDAY, November 13, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) identified ethylene dibromide (EDB) as the most potent cancer-causing substance ever found in the 300 chemical NCI animal test program. Yet, aware of this finding, professors allowed the use of EDB in Tuesday and Wednesday (November 14 and 15) afternoon Natural Sciences 3, "Introduction to Chemistry," labs...
...professor Bennie R. Ware, associate professor of Chemistry and Veronica Vaida, assistant professor of Chemistry, rightly point out that the high-dose NCI animal study does not conclusively prove that low levels of EDB can cause cancer in humans. But the scientific community is currently debating he validity of extrapolating animal carcinogencity data to humans. This debate is far from resolved, and many scientists feel that the discovery of potent cancer-causing ability in animals must be taken as strong presumptive evidence for a human cancer threat. That's the reason why NCI did its animal study in the first...
...roles in modern societies. Her application of this approach to other areas and her willingness to speak out on almost any subject made her ideas-and her dumpy but 'somehow imposing figure topped by its . Buster Brown hairdo-famous around the world. By the time she died of cancer last week at the age of 76, Margaret Mead had become the grandmother of the global village, an all-wise matriarch whose often provocatively put, common-sense opinions were sought by millions. Her colleagues feel that no single individual will be able to fill her shoes. Says Paul Bohannan, president...
When the time to go did come, though, Margaret Mead was ready. When she learned last year that she had a generally fatal form of cancer, she refused to let it slow her down. Instead, the scientist who had spent a lifetime observing others turned her still keen powers of observation on herself, and continued to keep her thorough records on her own process of aging. Her attention was appropriate. Of all the people she studied, few were as interesting as Margaret Mead herself...