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...things after invading a bacterium: 1) stimulate the bacterial cell to produce hundreds of copies of the virus particle, and destroy itself in the process, as happens in many ordinary human viral infections, or 2) attach itself to the host cell's genetic material and then lie dormant, only to reappear consistently in successive generations of host-cell bacteria. After this dormant phase, chemicals or radiation can still trigger the intruder gene into becoming infective and destructive...
Reaching Forward. So far, these hypotheses have been substantially proved for bacteria, and there is convincing evidence of the existence of "messenger RNA" in mammalian cells. As a result, there is a great temptation to extrapolate all the way from microbe to man and assume that long-dormant viruses may belatedly trigger cancerous changes in human cells. The evidence for this, so far, is extremely tenuous. But the Nobel Prize committee, which has sometimes been as much as 30 years late in recognizing achievement, has now reached toward the future in making its 1965 award...
...chief economic antagonist of the U.S. is, of course, Charles de Gaulle, whose goal is to make Europe look to France instead of to the U.S. Largely because of France's intransigence, the Kennedy Round of tariff-cutting talks in Geneva is deadlocked, dormant, and hopelessly behind schedule. The Common Market delegation in Geneva cannot complete its list of proposed tariff cuts because France has boycotted major meetings of the Six since July...
Reunification, of course, appeals to Germans of all political persuasions, but some German leaders are concerned lest other aspects of the new national consciousness be exaggerated into an appeal to the now-dormant far-right wing by politicians vying for votes. One of the concerned is President Heinrich Lübke, who occupies a position above party politics. Dedicating a memorial at the site of the former Belsen concentration camp last week, he sternly advised politicians to avoid stirring up "the real or suspected dark side of our nation...
...doctrine slowly spread through the lands of the faith. Sharply countering Moslem fatalism, the 19th century philosopher Al Afghani preached ijtihad (self-exertion), urging Islam to adapt to the currents of change in the modern world. India's Ahmadiyya movement helped revive Islam's long-dormant lust for converts. Twentieth century nationalism gradually brought independence, and a new spirit of confidence, to Islamic countries of Africa and Asia...