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Irked by complaints that previous nets had not screened out all contestants of doubtful femaleness, the I.A.A.F. ordered chromosome tests for European Cup competitors at Kiev. Ewa, co-holder of the women's 100-meter world record (11.1 sec.), saw no need to duck the test and readily submitted to having a few cells scraped from inside her cheek for chromosome analysis. On the basis of the microscope's evidence, three Russian and three Hungarian doctors gave the fatal verdict: Ewa is not a woman because she has "one chromo some too many...
...Chairman Wilbur Mills impatiently twirled his cigarette holder and fired off barbed questions, seven leading economists trooped before the House Ways and Means Committee last week to support the Administration's call for a 10% surtax on personal and corporate incomes. Well over 300 academic economists mobilized by Walter W. Heller, former chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, added their written endorsement. Then came businessmen declaring themselves fit to be tithed and a covey of Administration officials pleading for higher taxes...
...appropriate. However, in view of this great interest in sailing craft, I wish to point out an omission in your story that would lead many people to considerable trouble, grief and expense. I refer to your mention of the trim-tab on Intrepid's keel. I am the holder of U.S. and Canadian patents which cover this particular feature of a keel flap and a separate rudder. For the purposes of the 12-meter boats involved in this year's series, no restrictions were placed upon use of the feature. Nevertheless, it is not in the public domain...
...plant manager, Debbie startled experts last month when she broke two world records (for the 800-meter and 1,500-meter freestyle) in one race at Santa Clara, Calif. At Winnipeg last week, Debbie was matched in the women's 400-meter freestyle against the reigning world record holder, Pamela Kruse, 17, of Pompano Beach, Fla. She obviously has no respect for her elders. Leaving the aging Pamela struggling vainly in her wake, Debbie splashed to a daylight victory in 4 min. 32.6 sec., beating the Floridian's world mark by a fantastic...
...pending patent, he merely says the filter consists of a new type of partly crystalline, nontoxic polymer that works by "selective trapping," perhaps based on ion exchange and electrostatic action. He claims it costs little to produce, can be part of the cigarette or used in a cigarette holder...