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...debate was sparked by Genetics Institute's (GI) announcement last month of its plan to set up a research and development plant on Beacon Street in Somerville, near the Cambridge line...
...Tokyo's coed Gakushu-in University, he enjoys belting sake and bellowing folk songs with classmates. But Japan's handsome Prince Hiro also respects tradition. So last week, having just turned 20, he participated in an exotic 8th century coming-of-age ceremony called kakan no gi (hat rites). Hiro, wearing a magnificent yellow robe, allowed chamberlains to replace the simple silk hat that once marked a minor with the ornate embi no ei (swallowtail ribbons) that symbolized manhood in ancient Japan. The presence of Grandfather Emperor Hirohito, 78, at the ceremony was especially auspicious. No other Japanese...
...there are going to be a lot of questions on that," Reagan told grimacing aides hustling him off to the bunkers to await the fallout. He won his bet. Screeched a San Francisco Chronicle headline: REAGAN WOULD SEND GI'S TO AVERT RHODESIA WAR. Hastily, the candidate began to backtrack: "I made the mistake of trying to answer hypothetical questions with hypothetical answers." When that did not float very high, Reagan began to pass off his suggestion as in keeping with current U.S. policy: "The same thing we've been doing in the Middle East." Then he became...
Five weeks later the bank reported that its losses for the first five months of 1974 actually totaled a numbing $63.6 million. The reason for part of these gi gantic losses is still mysterious. Some analysts believe that wild gambles on the swings of foreign exchange rates oc curred in the international department when Peter Shaddick was in charge...
...moonlighting GI handed her the napkin...