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Allen did not have to look far. Already in the market for a jumbo passenger jet was an old friend with whom Boeing had clone a lot of mutually profitable business in the past. Pan American Chairman Juan Trippe has been buying Boeing products for years, from the old Yankee Clipper to the immensely successful 707 and 727. Now, Boeing simply redesigned its rejected military transport jet to meet Trippe's commercial needs. Last week Trippe signed a $525 million contract-biggest single order in the history of commercial aviation-to buy 25 of Boeing's new 747s...
...immediately. The general attitude of the ward is: There's really nothing we can do for him-after all, he's dying anyway.' " This attitude is as appalling to many physicians as it is to just about all ministers of religion. But what is to be clone? The first question that arises is whether to tell a patient that he is dying. "Much depends," says the University of California's Dr. Alexander Simon, "on the attitude of the family and the patient's own attitude. There are some whom I would not tell about imminent...
While local parishes may take conflicting positions, as they are reported to have clone, in the difficult but imperative situation that surrounded the University of Chicago, Cardinal Meyer and his staff have been leaders in seeking equal rights for the Negro, including the difficult problem of housing. In fact, this was the subject of the cardinal's first major public pronouncement after coming to Chicago five years ago, when he said in part: "We must have community organization to ensure that Negroes do gain access to our communities...
Negovski, the doctor who engineered the revival (and who has the resounding title: director of the Laboratory of Experimental Physiology of Moscow's All-Union Institute of Experimental Medicine) had clone the same thing with dogs. After years of experiments with Pulmotors and blood transfusions, he and his associates have revived dogs that have been dead for six, ten, and even 15 minutes...
...Each clone has family characteristics shared by all members, and a life cycle much like that of a mammal. In a young clone, cells multiply rapidly but are unable to conjugate. Following youth comes an adolescent period of slight conjugal activity and less multiplication. At maturity, sexual reactions are strongly marked and the individuals conjugate with abandon, until at last a period of decline sets in, leading eventually to death. Frequently, in such an old clone, doughty individuals who attempt conjugation expire...