Word: destroyers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...What gave Leonard Bailey hope of better results was the advent of the wonder-drug cyclosporine. Developed by Sandoz Ltd. in Switzerland, cyclosporine inhibits organ rejection by partly suppressing the immune system. It is considered safer than earlier drugs used for this purpose because it is less likely to destroy the body's ability to fight infection. Since its first use in the U.S. in 1979 it has revolutionized transplant surgery, raising the one-year survival rate of heart recipients from 65% in the 1970s to 80%. Bailey believed that by focusing on the treatment of newborns, whose immune systems...
...estimated at 1,000, has confirmed the fear that the assassination would unleash a new round of ethnic violence. In a land where communal ties run deep, the pitting of one group against another can be potentially explosive "Communal madness," Gandhi's son and successor Rajiv correctly warns, "will destroy...
...series of inductive arguments"; he demanded a separate and immediate trial. The embattled suspects did their best to turn the Agravatars' own strength against them. "The board has been waylaid by the enemies of the state," charged Olivas. Ver accused the panel of being "a tool to destroy the protectors of the republic...
...going to build a bridge. One of the things that was on the table [at La Palma] was a letter written by the people of Meanguera, Torola and other towns [near the Torola River]. These people had written to both sides to let them rebuild the bridge, not to destroy it. Today we started the project. The people are moving back, they are going to rebuild their houses...
...moving in with the troops so we can build the bridge and say, "All right. Let's see what the guerrillas do. Are they going to destroy it or not? Are they going to let the people live there or not?" That's the guerrillas' responsibility...