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...consumption of sunflower seeds there are several schools of thought. Biologists, I regret to say, dissect them. "Commonly referred to as a seed," intones the laboratory instructor, "the fruit is an achene (uh-KEEN). Make a longitudinal section, and note the massive embryo, the large, fleshy cotyledons. Is any endosperm present?" And without looking to see, he slips one into his mouth...
...strange result came about in the Transkei's embryo Legislative Assembly, which under the territory's constitution chooses the Prime Minister. Since the Assembly has 64 members appointed by the government and only 45 deputies elected by the voters, the odds were heavily against Poto. Even so, he lost by only five votes. Chief Matanzima claimed a "clean-cut victory," but in fact he will take office with the uneasy knowledge that most of the Transkei's 1,400,000 Xhosa seem to be stubbornly opposed to Matanzima's program of strict racial separation, which...
...sure that he sees that in the long run France can't afford an independent nuclear system," Hoffman said. "He visualizes the French atomic force as the embryo of a force for all of Europe, a Europe that has shaken off its complete dependence on the United States and for which France is the spokesman...
Goldwater then would be able to tell the convention delegates he was popular in the Northeast as well as in the South and West. His supporters would have had time to develop an integrated and effective political machine. Already embryo organizations exist in thirty-five states, and his campaign manager, Denison Kitchel, expects every state will have a chairman by November. Already Goldwater's political associates estimate he has the support of some 500 delegates, with 82 more leaning in his direction, out of the 655 needed for the nomination. Unless Republican progressives can agree on a candidate soon, Goldwater...
...father for the tenth time last year, Charlie Chaplin, 74, was all smiles until he read a promotional pamphlet for a projected rejuvenation clinic in Nice, France. The blurb intimated that he owed his latter-day powers to the injection of live cells from embryo lambs and calves. Bull, said Charlie. He kept youthful by himself, and that embryo claptrap was a denigrating lie. French courts agreed, upheld Charlie's suit to force withdrawal of the pamphlets...