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...cannot colonize or even live in the human intestinal tract. Nor is this the only indication that the bug would make a poor pathogen, or disease organism. Curtiss' handmade microbe will not survive in human serum-including that of cancer patients. It is also easily destroyed by common household detergents...
...movie offers, the Charlie's Angels star has decided to quit the hit ABC series. The Hollywood line has it that she is playing games to raise her salary from $5,000 per episode to as much as $75,000. The word from the Fawcett-Majors household, however, is that the actress has simply done some basic arithmetic. Since Farrah's 5 million poster fans alone would probably lay out $3 to see her famous teeth and other assets in a film, she ought to go into the movies...
...same floor space. John and Martha Evensta, a physician and his wife who have a five-room, $40,000 dome in Grand Rapids, Minn., say that their highest monthly electricity bill, in subzero January, came to $91-which included not only heating but also power for all their household appliances. The Evenstas' house is mainly heated by a wood-burning furnace backed up by a heat pump, plus a fireplace. Norm and Sirleen Ghigleri, whose Cathedralite dome nestles in California's Santa Cruz hills, reported that their January electricity bill was $41.56, while neighbors complained of paying...
...such treatment can be demoralizing. One of the few women so far trying to do anything organized for the millions of housewives is Jinx Melia, 40, who last year joined four other women in founding a national organization to give homemakers more status. Named for Martha, who did the household chores while her sister Mary listened to Christ expounding his wisdom (Luke 10:38-42), the Martha Movement so far has nearly 4,000 members in all 50 states and several foreign countries, and Executive Director Melia just returned last week from a fund-raising tour through the West. Among...
...their child, Spot for their dog), Richler intends to present a typical family. At one point, Dick shouts that he won't be destroyed, because he represents the American middle class. But this conception of the middle class appears ludicrous, unless Richler wishes to depict the average Beverly Hills household, replete with swimming pool and cabana. It's difficult to sympathize with people who pilfer only to live in opulence and to keep up with the Joneses...