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Barghoorn and Knoll believe that their primitive fossils-the oldest direct evidence of terrestrial life-are the ancestors of modern blue-green algae or photosynthetic bacteria, both of which convert carbon dioxide into food and oxygen. If they are correct, these organisms 3.5 billion years ago were already pumping into the atmosphere the oxygen upon which most of today's terrestrial life now depends...
...that their taxes are too low but that taxes in Northern states are absurdly high. Says North Carolina Attorney General Rufus Edmisten: "I cannot justify spending countless hours looking for cigarette bootleggers who are not in violation of any of North Carolina's statutes." He is quite correct that they are not; buttleggers gladly pay the state's low tax. Legal distributors in high-tax states are trying to convince legislators that a cut in taxes would actually increase revenue-since there would be less smuggling and the tax would be collected on more packs...
Assuming Koocher's analysis is correct, most observers said yesterday either Berman or Pierce, but not both, will win a seat from the transfer votes of the eliminated slate endorsee...
Times staff members yesterday refused to comment upon the article. Nancy S. Greenberg, the Yale senior who wrote the Times article, said yesterday "There's really no change. Unfortunately, the article was misleading. It is correct, but its just misleading," adding that "An article in tomorrow's paper will clarify the situation...
...wines and brandy. Other doctors downgrade the importance of diet. Says Dr. Arthur H. Elkind, director of the headache clinic at New York's Montefiore Hospital: "Occasionally we tell patients to avoid certain foods, but counseling is always required to find out what the problem is and what the correct treatment should...