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Author: By Shira A. Springer, | Title: NHL Draftees Wear Crimson | 11/2/1996 | See Source »

Chris McFadden has a valid point concerning the misapplication of the word genocide to describe the AIDS virus: Using inaccurate words can be misleading and dangerous ("Quilts and the Moral Fabric," Oct. 17), which is why his glaringly incorrect characterization of AIDS in this country today is so frightening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Politics, Morality Have No Place in Healthy Policy | 10/26/1996 | See Source »

...crucial to the development of cancer. The gene, known as P53, monitors DNA copying during cell division and destroys cells with defective copies of genetic material. When BPDE adheres to the gene through cigarette smoking, however, it becomes damaged and cannot eliminate abnormal cells. As a result, cells with incorrect DNA divide and produce cancer. Although BPDE has long been viewed as a possible carcinogen, its role is now firmly established, said Moon-shon Tang, the study's lead author. "Until now we did not know (BPDE) binds with the spots on the P53 gene that are associated with lung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study Supports Cigarette - Cancer Link | 10/18/1996 | See Source »

...think it is a good thing to have this information out there," she said. "But if you have incorrect figures it might be more harmful...

Author: By Jal D. Mehta, | Title: Student Leaders Question Randomization Study | 9/24/1996 | See Source »

...practice might be that the editors of the New Living Translation are hardly alone. Most of the new Bibles flooding the market display a keen solicitude for their target readers, protecting them from tricky phrases that might call for a moment's reflection or, in some instances, from politically incorrect sentiments. Thus the 1995 The New Testament and Psalms: An Inclusive Version renders God as "Father-Mother" and portrays Christ as ascending to sit at "the mighty hand" of the Father-Mother rather than "the right hand," thus keeping left-handed readers from feeling slighted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE POWER OF BABBLE | 9/9/1996 | See Source »

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