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...They can use the information, they just can't turn around and sell it again," Gilbert says. However clients could sift through Genome's DNA map to discover the genetic cause for a disorder and develop a cure for it, he says...
...even more ridiculous. There is simply no such thing as a Third World military establishment which is genuinely interested in democracy; to call them fascistic would be overly generous. To stabilize the Philippine government by giving more money to its military, then, would be like trying to cure a cold by spending a night in the rain...
AIDS devastates the human immune system, making the body prey to a variety of maladies. There is no cure for the disease, which strikes mostly male homosexuals and intraveneous drug users...
...this makes for easygoing reading, indeed a bit too easygoing. Many of O'Neill's rambling recollections would carry more weight if they contained a few firmer facts. And for all its street-corner savvy, the book is short on lasting wisdom about ways to cure Congress's chronic inability to pursue O'Neill's ideals without lapsing into fiscal irresponsibility. Yet by | capturing the inside feel of the political rough-and-tumble, O'Neill has succeeded in conveying the excitement of a career based on an abiding faith in what Government can accomplish...
There used to be no cure for the ennui of the returned hero. Now there is and it is worse than the disease. It is celebrityhood. Last winter a Washington radio station began a news roundup with this: "Joe DiMaggio, baseball hall of famer, former husband of Marilyn Monroe, and also Mr. Coffee, had surgery today." Hero status, unless arrested by artistic device (the fade-out) or tragedy (an early death), decays. There is a trajectory to fame, and it points downward...