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Justice Greancy stipulated that the North Cambridge laboratory may use no more than 100 ml. of liquefied chemical agents--Savrin (GB). Soman (GD). (V.N.). Mustard (HD) and, Lewisite--at any one time on the site...
...result of the two-wheeled skid: H-D's work force has been chopped 40%. The company has asked the International Trade Commission for an average tariff of 40% on Japanese bikes for five years. That, contends HD, would narrow the price gap between Harleys and Japanese bikes to what it was in 1977 before the Japanese began holding down prices. A favorable ITC ruling would not give Harley an open road. President Reagan, a foe of import controls, must decide what relief, if any, Harley gets...
Boudreaux is blind; his hands are gnarled and almost dysfunctional; his face is slightly disfigured. He learned he had HD when he was 19 years old. Since that day in 1934, he has lived and worked at Carville...
...relaxation of the penal atmosphere at Carville only occurred in the 1960s when research finally changed physicians' attitudes about the communicability of HD. Doctors now believe that a person must have a genetic susceptibility to the bacteria which causes the illness before exposure will result in infection. Although constant contact in close quarters may increase the statistical probability of eventually contracting the disease to around ten per cent, those in occasional contact run virtually no risk whatsoever...
...thirties, Tony learned he had HD five years ago in a Boston hospital. Sent to Carville more than three years ago for surgery on his ulcerated foot, he has lived there ever since. Though he initially dreaded going there, he now finds, despite his illness, that he lives quite well, just as his doctor once promised...