Word: exactions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years ago that the President suffered from colon cancer, the world also learned that his brother Neil had received the same diagnosis. That apparently incidental detail did not surprise cancer researchers. They have long known that family members can share a genetic predisposition to the disease, but the exact mechanism was a mystery. Last week scientists in Britain and Israel reported in the journal Nature that they had discovered that there is a faulty gene that triggers a rare form of colon cancer and found its general location. The discovery, said Sir Walter Bodmer, director of research at London...
...visible side of Iranian life today -- the hundreds of thousands who march in support of Khomeini's pledge to exact vengeance from Iraq, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia -- underscores the fact that the Islamic government still enjoys considerable support. The invisible side is more difficult to assess, but there is evidence of a growing discontent among many Iranians, particularly the educated and the well...
...drop in funds has coincided with a decline in the ministries' TV audience. Exact figures on cable viewership are hard to come by, but the falloff of broadcast viewers has been dramatic (see chart). Between February and May, the number of TV households tuning in to Swaggart's weekly show dropped from 2,161,000 to 1,759,000. Robert Schuller's Hour of Power lost 191,000 households, dipping to 1,507,000. Oral Roberts dropped 155,000 households, to 994,000. Jerry Falwell's Old Time Gospel Hour and Robertson's daily 700 Club just about held even...
...pals like Robert ("Buffalo Bob") Smith, 69. In recent years Smith has made a second career of appearances at colleges and shopping malls, playing to audiences who grew up on Howdy Doody. Comparing them with the peanut gallery assembled for the special, he says, "We get the exact same reaction from kids today that we did 35 years ago on the same routines. It works every time." Kowabunga...
...Moon Ik Kwan, one of the country's most prominent dissidents before he was found guilty of sedition following student protests last year in the city of Inchon, near Seoul. More prisoners are expected to be freed in the near future, though the government and opposition disagree on the exact number of offenders who are behind bars for strictly political reasons...