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...looked frail but basically healthy as he greeted 52 U.S. business leaders and Time Inc. journalists traveling through Asia on a Time-sponsored Newstour. Speaking calmly and firmly, Marcos called Western reports that he was near death "really exaggerated." But he made selective use of facts and figures to dismiss the concerns of U.S. analysts, blandly promising an imminent upturn in the Philippine economy and a decline in the strength of Communist insurgents. Marcos took refuge in dubious legal arguments to defend the 1973 constitution, tailored to legitimize the powers he had seized under martial law, and denied that...
Leib, more soft-spoken than Koocher, believes that the school committee can do without some of her colleague's controversial stands and opinions. Leib, as well as others, objected to the way in which Koocher successfully attempted to dismiss former superintendent William C. Lannon by drafting a proposal not to renew Lannon's contract at this term's first meeting...
...issues such as forced lie detector tests, compulsory physical examinations and search and seizure of employees' private property by Coors's private police force. Coors has been cited by the National Labor Relations Board for a number of instances of illegal harrassment of employees and continues to harrass and dismiss employees who support unionization. The company has broken 19 unions in the last 20 years. In addition Coors has been implicated in hazardous waste dumping and in unfair employment practices...
...more complicated hereditary diseases, including sickle-cell anemia, diabetes and even cancer. Meanwhile, the increasing genetic adeptness of researchers worries some observers, who fear the application of recombinant DNA to human beings. Some extreme critics even evoke visions of Hitlerian attempts to engineer a new master race. Most scientists dismiss these fears, pointing out that the new therapy will be used only on patients' body cells; it will not alter their sex cells, and hence cannot affect future generations. "It's not a way of altering the genetic pool," says A. Dusty Miller of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center...
...credit, the salesman reveals his past to potential Vend-A-Bait distributors. Such is the spell of his silver tongue that a remarkable number of people quickly dismiss the information. In the blink of an eye, the pitch can slide from McClintic's shady years to his next project, vending fishing tackle. "This is going to be a barn burner!" Rare is the listener who then exclaims, "Wait a minute! Did you say LEAVENWORTH...