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Fourth, although studies of human populations to date have not provided evidence linking saccharin with bladder cancer, it must be rembered that heavy intake of this additive in diet drinks has only occurred in relatively recent years. In man, a latent period measured sometimes in years and sometimes in decades is often observed between exposure to a carcinogen and clinical evidence of cancer. In the case of cigarette smoking, its relation to lung cancer was established only after decades of exposure by human populations...
...study the motives and develop descriptive categories of the unchurched. The results, just published in a 99-page booklet, are impressionistic but provocative. The tiniest group identified is what Hale calls the True Unbelievers-agnostics, humanists and atheists-most of whom turn out to be only latent unbelievers who often express a certain longing for faith. By far the largest group is the Publicans, named after Jesus' story in Luke 18 about the prayers of the Pharisee and the Publican. Whether they themselves are humble or self-righteous, Hale's latter-day Publicans scorn what they regard...
Paxton shows his latent romanticism in a protest song of a different genre. His voice quivers with emotion on "Born on the Fourth of July," when he recounts the story of a patriotic marine who realizes the evil of Vietnam after he returns from the war paralyzed. Writing with such intensity, Paxton manages to revive a half-forgotten issue. While Paxton's tenor is not overwhelming, he injects enormous feeling in this rendition...
...through turns and careering down heart-stopping hills hold such a strong attraction for otherwise sane human beings. Some psychologists have suggested that riding a roller coaster is a form of rebellion against smother love and all its safety, a final plunge to freedom from childhood dependency. Others theorize latent death wishes or the need to act out and exorcise fears. For some, the motivation is simpler. Two years after he crossed the Atlantic, Charles Lindbergh took a spin on the Coney Island Cyclone, one of the oldest roller coasters still in operation (it is celebrating its 50th anniversary this...
...long enough to watch, then putting everything away again. When compared with sales in the giant amateur-still-photography market, home movie sales are small change; annual camera sales have declined from about 1 million units in 19-72 to around 650,000 last year. But Land believes latent demand is there and that Polavision can draw it out, despite a probable total system price of $400 to $700, according to Wall Street guesses. (Polaroid has not yet announced a price.) Says Land: "We feel this is a totally new field, more like television...