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...large sections of the frontal cortex. This section of the brain is involved in the learning of complex spatial relationships. Typically, rats sustaining such a severe injury would take 18 days or more to master a maze that required them to alternate right and left turns in the correct order to get a drink of water. "The rat has got to remember what he did the last time and then do the opposite," Stein explains. Normal rats can learn the task in just 2½ days...
...looking for alternatives. They would like to buy U.S. crude from Alaska, which is 2,700 miles closer than Iran. Mike Mansfield, the U.S. Ambassador to Japan, and oil-industry officials have been arguing that the Japanese should be allowed to buy Alaskan oil. That, says Mansfield, would help correct the balance of trade between Japan and the U.S. and also save transportation costs for both countries. But the proposal has been blocked by American laws that prevent the export of Alaskan crude...
...Meselson emphasizes, right now he sees the situation as "the worst of both worlds." If the allegations are wrong, the U.S. is simply delaying the day it can help the people of Southeast Asia solve their natural problems, as well being embarrassed by being wrong. If the allegations are correct--as the State Department believes--then a serious violation of two international agreements will have been perpetrated (not only the 1972 treaty, but also the 1925 Geneva Protocol). Substantiated allegations, many observers believe, call into question the whole idea of arms control, as well as the reliability of Soviets...
...unapologetically. He stands by his characterization of the ruckus as "much ado about nothing. " But Reagan has already said what Richard Nixon could never quite bring himself to say about Watergate. Promised Reagan: "If, when the investigation is over and the truth is known, it is necessary to correct that statement, I'll correct it." Even if Reagan is vindicated, however, he and the nation could well pay a high price for the cleansing process. Any scandal diverts the Government from its essential business of sustaining the economy, the national defense and the pursuit of peace. It also sidetracks...
...feel obliged to correct any misconceptions which may have resulted from the July 19 Crimson article on the Sexual Harassment Survey Project. We feel it is misleading in several ways...