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...professional colleges. Indicted with him were: Dr. Stevan Durovic, who claimed to have first made Krebiozen in Argentina from the blood of horses; Dr. William F. P. Phillips, a general practitioner; and the Krebiozen Research Foundation. Among the grand jury's allegations: - > Stevan Durovic offered to make 15 grams of Krebiozen for the National Cancer Institute at $170,000 a gram, though Krebiozen is creatine monohydrate, a common chemical costing 300 a gram-and "even if Krebiozen could be produced by the method allegedly used by Durovic, would cost [only] about $8,000 per gram." > Drs. Durovic...
...Robert McNamara made an expensive mistake when he insisted on a single basic plane for both Air Force and Navy, the General Dynamics-Grumman partnership that was chosen for the job has managed to match both versions of their fighter to an astonishing degree. The F-111 construction pro gram is not only meeting a tight schedule that was set when the contract was signed two years ago, it is also running below its estimated cost...
...What this team needs is color." He spent $411,000 renovating Kansas City's Municipal Stadium, painting it yellow, turquoise and orange, then boasting: "I may not have the best team, but I sure have the sexiest ballpark." He installed all kinds of odd gimmicks-a "Fan-O-Gram" that spelled out messages on the Scoreboard (sample: "Welcome to Paul Richards and his flock of chirping Baltimore Orioles"), a "Little Blowhard" that dusted home plate with compressed air, a mechanical rabbit named Harvey that rose out of the ground and fed baseballs to the umpire. He dressed...
...plane's pilot, Peter Gram, of West Action, Mass., had called his base at 10:40 a.m. to report that the engines were losing power; fifteen minutes later, the plane crashed and both officers were killed...
Brewing the stuff is no simple matter. First, the water must be distilled, redistilled and further purified to remove all contaminants. Then each of 18 amino acids must be weighed out, to the thousandth of a gram, and dissolved. With the same micrometric accuracy, 16 vitamins are added, plus glucose, eleven salts, and ethyl linoleate-a fatty-acid substance. Finally, flavor is added. So far, only fruit flavors have proved practical. An attempt to give the volunteers a ration with a smoked-ham flavor failed because of interaction with the amino acids...