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There is an obvious flaw in the new procedure. If the astronauts and the Apollo craft are indeed harboring alien organisms, the bugs could escape into the air when the hatch is opened, or be washed into the ocean while the astronauts are donning their biological suits. If the organisms are fond of oxygen or nitrogen-or thrive in salt water -they could begin to spread and multiply. Most scientists agree that the chances of life on the moon are remote, and some believe that any moon organisms would have reached the earth long ago on particles ejected from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Lowering the Guard Against the Invaders | 5/16/1969 | See Source »

...Flaw Corrected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ignacio, Dorwart Combine For Victory Over Jumbos | 5/1/1969 | See Source »

During practice last week, the pitching staff corrected a flaw in Dorwart's motion toward the plate and the result has been two straight nine inning victories. In yesterday's game, the right-hander had control problems at the start and walked five batters, but he was never in serious trouble and was never hit hard after the fourth inning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ignacio, Dorwart Combine For Victory Over Jumbos | 5/1/1969 | See Source »

...major flaw in Freidel's argument in its failure to recognize that Faculty members, like students, occasionally judge students on personal rather than academic grounds. Indeed, a teacher's future status should be affected more by his classroom abilities than by his performance at cocktail parties, or department meetings. Fortunately, both students and Faculty are sometimes known to suppress their personal tastes in the interests of broader academic criteria. They may dislike a man for his dress or his politics and yet respect him for his scholarship. A system of checks like that now planned for Afro-American Studies should...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Afro Vote | 4/23/1969 | See Source »

...little girls. Nowadays the blurbs have changed, and The Killing of Sister George is enthusaistically described as "the most explicit and sensational of flock of films on lesbianism." Perhaps. Sister George is about love too--aside from the one scene that has given it its notoriety and its major flaw...

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: The Killing of Sister George | 2/28/1969 | See Source »

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