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During normal bacterial reproduction, the cell simply divides, passing exactly the same genetic information on to each daughter cell. Thus they are natural clones, genetically identical to their single parent. In this kind of unisex reproduction, there is no chance for bacteria to inherit fresh characteristics that might help improve their chances of survival. But every so often two cells have a sort of sexual dalliance called conjugation. They approach each other, send out thin tubes that bring the cells together, and transfer genes. In the exchange, a bacterium may pick up, say, a gene for making an enzyme that...
...establishes a new delivery service, it will not inherit the debts, officials said, but Coburn said the College might require HSA to pay a fee for the right to set up a newspaper service...
Meanwhile, the incoming Reagan Administration, which will inherit these economic problems in less than a month, is beginning to tone down its economic rhetoric. The suggestion by David Stockman, the newly appointed budget director, and New York Congressman Jack Kemp, that Reagan should declare a national economic emergency to prevent a "G.O.P. economic Dunkirk" may be quietly dying. Arthur Burns, former Federal Reserve chairman and a sometime Reagan adviser, said it would be "unwise" for the new President to initiate any sweeping new measures. Stockman is now staying out of the public eye amid reports that other Reagan officials found...
...ensure that a new buyer would not inherit the same problems that have nagged Thomson for so long, he is hoping for a guarantee from the unions of future cooperation. Said Thomson last week: "Frankly, we've had more cooperation in production than we've had for years. It's rather bittersweet." So far, no potential buyer has stepped forward. Times Editor William Rees-Mogg, 52, is trying to organize a consortium of management and journalists to buy the daily, and has even received pledges of up to $480,000 from readers. But as the "Thunderer" itself...
...find much to cheer, both in style and substance. Anderson's vice-presidential choice, and even more importantly, his standing in the polls as election day approaches will determine how much support he gets from the Democratic left. Should he be close going into election day he may inherit the support of some disgruntled Kennedy backers. More likely, he will fade as liberals decide he is an ersatz lefty, with a record that makes Carter look like a member of the Politburo...