Word: knowns
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...Next the first polar body is detached, and a new genetic test called ! polymerase chain reaction is employed to analyze the chromosomes, which are complementary to those left in the egg's nucleus. Eggs that are not defective can then be selected and used in an increasingly common procedure known as in vitro fertilization. This involves placing the eggs in a soup of sperm and implanting resulting embryos in the mother's womb. The main difficulty is that only one in ten tries results in a birth. Yet the success rate may improve, and prefertilization diagnosis could someday be used...
...Shigeki Kameyama, representing the Mountain Tortoise Gallery in Tokyo, last week bought, among other things, Picasso's The Mirror at $26.4 million. The week before, he had also purchased De Kooning's Interchange at $20.68 million and a Brice Marden drawing at $500,000 at Sotheby's. Kameyama is known to other dealers as "Oddjob," after Goldfinger's hat-flinging chauffeur...
...Bill, you're not going to talk about this,' I'd use the editors: 'But the editors insist on these subjects,' " says Novak. "The fact is, if you ask readers to pay $22 for a book, you have to reveal new material. Ironically, the better known the person the more they must reveal." Recalls Reagan: "There were tough, difficult times and good times. But I wanted it honest and personal...
Although it is not known whether the Lampoon was involved in the attack, the semi-secret society has lobbied for the tree's removal for years. But the Parks and Forests Department has refused to take it away because it is full-grown and healthy...
...Palestinian uprising known as the intifada, which began in December 1987, has changed the attitudes of both Palestinians and Israelis toward a separate Palestine...