Word: differences
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Stunned." Once he started shooting, Halsey won most of his arguments. But many an expert will continue to differ with certain Halsey tactics defended in his Story. Example: the famous Battle for Leyte Gulf in October 1944, where some critics claim that the Japanese decoyed Halsey out of position. On that occasion Admiral Nimitz bluntly radioed to ask where Halsey's battleships were. Says Halsey: "I was as stunned as if I had been struck in the face. The paper rattled in my hands. I snatched off my cap, threw it on the deck, and shouted something that...
...differ with TIME in its Art criticism of the paintings of David Leneman which appeared in the Aug. 25 issue...
Cancer's Causes? Investigators are beginning to learn some basic facts about how cancer cells differ from normal ones. In cancer, normal cells suddenly turn aggressive and invade normal tissues like voracious animals. Cancer experts know that cancers can be induced by certain chemicals, by hormones, by X rays, by nuclear radiation, by metal dusts, tobacco, or even the sun's ultraviolet rays...
...Isotopes are forms of the same element which behave alike chemically but differ from each other in atomic weight...
...viruses are alike in one respect: they are parasites that can operate only in a living cell. But they differ greatly in size, looks and behavior. They also show astonishing individuality. Some are round, some shaped like rods, some have tails like tadpoles. A few, almost as complicated as bacteria, which are a higher form of life, even have partial enzyme systems to help digest their food. Most viruses are rabid specialists and choosy about what they invade. Some thrive only in plants, some only in certain animals, some only in man, some only in certain tissues; e.g., the influenza...