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...they are so similar that people vaccinated within the past 12 months against A/Victoria, or who actually had that disease, have some degree of immunity against A/Texas, which first appeared in 1977. But, explains Merck & Co.'s Maurice R. Hilleman, their antibody level against A/Texas is only a fraction, perhaps a quarter or an eighth, of their level against A/Victoria...
Toffler is being quite pretentious. He has not only not worked as hard as Karl Marx, but he also made a fair amount of money from Future Shock (only a fraction of the size of Das Kapital) while Marx died in penury. But Toffler has some points. Why should society's malaise be confined to "alienation" the way Marx narrowly defined it? Toffler takes the broader view that the problem is more profound than simply the inability of man in modern society to objectify himself through his activity (or labor). Man, Toffler says, developed certain biological equipment long...
...Indian withdrawal involves no great financial loss for IBM. The company's Indian business amounts to only a tiny fraction of worldwide annual revenues of $16 billion. In a quarter-century, IBM's Indian operation has earned just $6 million in profits. The Bombay plant now makes only spare parts, having stopped the reconditioning of used computers six years ago. The company will sell at giveaway prices 125 obsolete model 1401 computers it has currently on lease in India, along with its facilities there. Analysts wonder if IBM's policy of 100% control will be able...
Members of the border patrol frankly admit that they only apprehend a small fraction of the people entering illegally. And those caught, if determined to become illicit American residents, can try again and again until they make it through the obstacle course set up by the U.S. government...
Manning hopes to find out more about the temples and Mut herself from the contents of 500 plastic shopping bags full of potsherds and other fragments that the team has already collected. The archaeologists are likely to need a lot more shopping bags before they are finished. Only a fraction of Mut's temple grounds have been explored thus far. Manning estimates that it will take another 25 years to dig up the rest...