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Because SCID mice lack immune systems, the scientists did not expect them to reject the transplanted human cells. Researchers also suspected that the human fetal cells, since they are too immature to distinguish themselves from foreign cells, would not reject the mice in a graft-vs.-host response. But, surprisingly, the adult human cells used in the La Jolla research did not reject the mice either. "That these human cells recirculate around in the mice without caring is astounding," said Dr. Donald Mosier, head of the La Jolla research team...
...Street in downtown Moscow, passersby paused to stare and snicker. The hulking, black silhouette shown atop an awards stand was unmistakably that of Leonid Brezhnev, bushy eyebrows and all. But in place of his numerous military ribbons, the deceased Soviet leader wore a row of stripes labeled CORRUPTION, EMBEZZLEMENT, GRAFT and MONEYGRUBBING. The lower tiers of the stand, two caricatured gangsters -- one American, the other Italian -- stared up at Brezhnev with apparent surprise. The caption beneath the cartoon said it all: SO, MAFIOSO, YOU FINALLY "DIG" WHO IS THE REAL GODFATHER...
...vision of America where graft and corruption aren't tolerated. Where the president tells the truth, and requires his subordinates to remain above reproach. Bush, for eight years, has remained silent about his corrupt associates...
...them Jewish, who were consciously taking control of the town meeting on their way to bigger battles. Forming an organization called the C.O.D. (Commonwealth Organization of Democrats), they were not crusaders devoted to a single ideology. Reform for them meant putting better people into government, enforcing laws, ending graft...
Although the Reagan Administration's $2.2 trillion defense buildup has been plagued by cost overruns, phony bills from contractors and gold-plated weapons systems that often do not work, this scandal is different. Rarely, if ever, have such high-ranking Pentagon officials been suspected of graft on so large a scale. And while Defense Secretary Frank Carlucci maintained that the corruption concerned "individuals, not the institution," prosecutors disagreed. "It's going to show that the whole procurement process is a joke," contended a high-ranking investigator. While not claiming that all transactions are fraudulent, he insisted that "there hasn...