Word: crossed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...prisoners. As talks progressed, Egypt asked that Israel return the Syrian pilots, and the Israelis countered by demanding the return of Samueloff and Muallem. This brought Syria grudgingly into the bargaining, which was conducted largely through the Italian embassy in Damascus and broke down three times. The International Red Cross concluded the arrangement for the complicated three-way trade. While Israel was emotionally glad to get its four men back, the deal itself was not universally welcomed. Some fear that the rate of exchange was so heavily weighted against Israel-71 Egyptians and Syrians for four Israelis -that other airline...
...parallel attack on elm disease, the U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to cross the disease-prone American elm with the hardy Siberian variety. Even if the hybrid is a success, elm lovers are not likely to be pleased. The new tree clearly lacks the grace of its American parent. "It has a single, central trunk rather than our beautiful vaselike division," says Hansel. "Who will want a tree that looks more like a maple than...
...Harvard is likely to be among the top teams in the East this winter. along with Dartmouth and Middlebury. If the nordic events-jumping and cross country-improve as expected, the Crimson could take the number one spot from Dartmouth. "With a little bit of luck. I see no reason why we shouldn't challenge for third or fourth place in the NCAA'S." McCollom said...
...have since then discussed the matter with Dr. Kliman, who is something like "Director of Medical Programs" at the Mass. Red Cross. He explained that a good deal of discretion is left to the individual nurse, that there is no flat policy of refusing everyone who claims to have smoked, but that the nurse is instructed to be on the lookout for habitual drug types and, particularly, for anyone who might have used heroin, which, he pointed out, may be associated with hepatitis, which can be transmitted in the blood. He said that marijuana, like nicotine, did leave a residue...
...have so far been unable to check his assertion about a long-lasting residue. I do not feel it is appropriate for me to comment here on whether I look like a heroin user, but I will point out that the method currently employed by the Mass. Red Cross to screen heroin users is not fool-proof: the potential donor need only...