Word: genes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...team of scientists at the Harvard Medical School has succeeded in isolating a single gene-the basic unit of heredity...
This new technique will allow geneticists to study the detailed operation of a single gene without chemical interference from neighboring genes. It may also encourage the development of genetic engineering-the artificial control of animal and plant characteristics by manipulating genes...
...could surely inject genes for sterility to eliminate undesirables like black people and effete snobs. This could be done simply by injecting viruses containing a sterility gene into the Roxbury or Cambridge water supplies," he added...
...deep down, we knew that people weren't voting for McCarthy as much as they were voting for us. That was the only rationale for wasting an hour talking with a suburban housewife or trying to cajole a guy that you knew was an implacable racist into voting for Gene. All the time we had been nothing but walking advertisements, not always even aware of the dishonesty at the very soul of our campaign. Why else did we try to dress hassled but neat, and always make an effort to appear ever so friendly...
...music on the inside, a very gentle blend of C and W and rock. Generally the term Country and Western calls up images of excruciatingly sentimental lyrics with a fiddle and banjo contest going on in the background. But the arrangements on Expedition (songs written mostly by the musicians Gene Clark and Doug Dillard) combine the more subtle components of each genre, ending up with a very relaxed, tension-free sound...