Word: human
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...process of choosing Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin, the Nobel Committee scrutinized 50 nominees, including Polish Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, Finnish President Urho Kekkonen, and the beleaguered committee of Soviet dissidents who have monitored the 1975 Helsinki human rights accords. The selection committee, chosen - at Nobel's behest - by the Norwegian parliament, cloaks its deliberations in se crecy but draws on a wide range of sources for nominees. Among those consulted: representatives of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, officials of various governments, scholars and previous Peace Prize laureates. Sadat, says Nobel Institute Director Jacob Sverdrup, received "between ten and 20" nominations...
...interferon, a scarce and expensive substance that has shown promise in cancer research. To buttress his request, Gutterman reported that of ten advanced breast cancer patients he had treated with interferon, four had shown shrinkage of their widespread tumors. Those results, following encouraging news about interferon in animal and human tests by other researchers, seemed too compelling to ignore. Exceeding even Gutterman's expectations, the A.C.S. set aside $2 million to buy interferon and last week announced that beginning in mid-November the substance would be used in its first mass test?in five medical centers on 150 patients suffering...
...Neil Young, Human Highway...
...territory of Minnesota this week. Earlier both converged on New York City at the same time. Young played to wildly partisan crowds, while Dylan kept his audience at arm's length and flummoxed even the aficionados. The inevitable result of this near collision on what Young calls "the human highway" has been Dylan's getting drubbed with his disciple's reputation...
John Wayne, actor, on what he wants on his tombstone: "Three short, simple Spanish words: 'Feo, fuerte y formal.' They mean 'Ugly, strong and with human dignity...