Word: joining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Catholic Archdiocese of New York may join the crusade. John Cardinal O'Connor, Archbishop of New York, said last week that he is considering organizing a giant antidrug youth rally, possibly in Yankee Stadium. The Cardinal is also contemplating increasing the ranks of drug counselors at the city's Catholic schools and holding a series of prayer vigils...
Merck, which funded much of the research and has licensed Chiron's technology for the new product, will sell the hepatitis B vaccine under the name Recombivax HB. The vaccine will join a handful of pioneering products of recombinant DNA, or gene splicing, that have reached the market, including human insulin (1982), human growth hormone (1985) and alpha interferon (1986). The FDA approval of Recombivax HB is expected to give a big boost to the public image of an industry that has been more promising than profitable. Said Chiron President Edward Penhoet: "We think this vaccine will usher...
...South Africa's labor force, they will suffer the most in loss of jobs if the country's economy is seriously hurt. While this is true, it is a fear apparently being exaggerated by Pretoria to ward off sanctions. Massive unemployment does not seem likely unless many more nations join in a total trade embargo against South Africa than now seem willing...
...larger group of leftist voters, the Communists began to look like just another party that would compromise and make back-room deals. In Italy, the party's break with Moscow left voters questioning what kind of program the Communists would put into place. The French Communists' decision to join, then pull out of, a Socialist government had comrades grousing that the alliance had been a tactical mistake...
...pursue the Democratic nomination for the presidency. After analyzing the nuances of electoral rules and regulations, the committee members declared that they plan to launch a campaign without their candidate's consent. Their hope was that Iacocca would eventually give in to the pressure of voter support and join the race. "Mr. Iacocca would probably prefer for us to cease and desist," conceded the group's chairman, Michigan State Representative Richard Fitzpatrick. But, he added, "we need the best leadership we can find. And where America's future is concerned, we think the voters shouldn't take...