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...door, deal hard drugs, paint their house pink, fire pistols randomly at passing cars and pedestrians . . . ? Such fears usually remain unrealized, but they still retain the power to induce night sweats, anxiety attacks during the hour of the wolf. Having horrid neighbors seems a small problem, given the generous range of human suffering, until they actually move...
Even now, at ten medical centers across the U.S., the largest test ever of interferon is under way. Bought with an initial $2 million provided by the American Cancer Society (the most generous research grant in the organization's history), tiny quantities of the drug are being administered to some 70 patients with four different types of cancer ?most of them advanced?that were no longer responding to conventional treatment. As more interferon becomes available, at least an additional 75 victims will be treated...
...Republicans want to slash spending sharply enough to leave room within a balanced budget for immediate "supply side" tax cuts, such as more generous depreciation deductions for business. This would spur savings and investment, which they contend is needed to reverse the recent drop in productivity, a major cause of inflation. Carter agrees that investment-prompting tax cuts are necessary, but he argues that they can come only after the budget is safely into surplus...
...many of the interviews there was a revealing shift in emphasis as the discussions continued. At first those interviewed stressed the "fraternal" nature of the invasion-a generous Soviet response to a cry for help from a beleaguered neighbor. Gradually the stress shifted to Soviet self-interest-the desire to cauterize a festering, perhaps malignant sore on the soft underbelly of the U.S.S.R...
...Senate's dealings with the SALT II treaty and had written off its successful ratification. He further indicated the real dismay that his government had at the U.S. insistence on placing a new generation of nuclear missiles in Europe in the face of what he claimed to be the generous offer of President Brezhnev in October to enter negotiations on the European missile issue. He also noted the decision already made on the part of the U.S. administration to increase the arms budget 5 per cent above inflation and the agreement to go ahead with further plans for the building...