Word: fixes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...these vaccines prove ineffective, scientists can now usually determine why. Says M.I.T. Molecular Biologist Malcolm Gefter: "Today, when a vaccine doesn't elicit a protective response, it is possible to detect what is or is not working -- the B cells, the T cells, the lymphokines, whatever." Scientists can then "fix" the vaccine. For example, the 1985 vaccine against Hemophilus influenzae Type B, which causes bacterial meningitis, was only partially effective; although it protected older children, it did not work for babies under two years, who are most at risk. The antigen used to make the original vaccine has been...
...first to spot the signs was Big Bird. Last December Luis and Maria, co- workers at the local Fix-It Shop, were acting funny. "Why would grownups need to hold hands to cross the street?" Big Bird wondered. Love was in bloom on Sesame Street, and last week, despite the ominous date -- Friday the 13th -- Luis (Emilio Delgado) and Maria (Sonia Manzano) were married in a ceremony attended by all their friends, both human and Muppet. "It's a simple message we're dealing with," said Lisa Simon, one of the show's producers. "You become a family by forming...
...Sesame Street episode in which Bert and Ernie find rain leaking through a hole in the roof. They can't patch the hole while it's raining, so they decide to wait until the rain stops. But when it does, they no longer see the need to fix the roof, because it's not leaking any more...
...those who he believes are to blame: the "educational establishment," and, particularly, teachers' unions. "You're standing in the doorways, you're blocking up the halls of education reform," he charged. Bennett assailed those who engage in what he calls "opposition by extortion, the false claim that to fix our schools will first require a fortune in new funding." Instead, Bennett somewhat vaguely recommends strengthening curriculums, rewarding good teachers and principals, and instituting "accountability" throughout the education system...
Equally important, a large percentage of non-gang crime is drug-related as millions of addicts do almost anything to secure their next fix. Thousands of innocents become victims of theft, murder, and assault from drug-crazed citizens...