Word: latinized
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Ever since the genetic code was cracked in the 1960s, biologists have believed the language of DNA to be rather like the Latin of the medieval church: universal, fundamental and indispensable. It seemed that all creatures, from men to mice to humble E. coli bacteria, shared the same basic instructions for making proteins, the building blocks of life; variations among organisms were thought to involve only the number and type of proteins that are strung together. Now researchers in the U.S., Europe and Japan have found species + that defy certain words in the genetic scripture: in the familiar Paramecium...
When Ronald Reagan first met Colombian President Belisario Betancur Cuartas, 62, during a five-day tour of Latin America more than two years ago, the U.S. President had been forewarned of the Colombian's reputation for candor. Betancur lived up to his advance billing. He criticized Reagan publicly for the U.S.'s approach to Central American problems and complained of "frustrations and irreparable damage" in developing countries caused by U.S. economic policies...
...example, the pilot school at Cambridge Ringe and Latin High Schoo, which puts 200 students in closer contact with teachers and counselors, lost a guidanmce counselor, said Koocher...
...fanfare and tributes aplenty in Washington last week as President Reagan paid homage to a distinguished South American guest, Argentine President Raul Alfonsin. There was also an exchange of sobering messages and differing perceptions. Above all, Alfonsin warned that the heartening tendency he represents, the return of democracy to Latin American nations, is too fragile to be taken for granted. As he put it, "Right next to hope, there is fear in Latin America, the fear that arises from the unsatisfied expectations of our peoples...
During a subsequent hour-long private chat between the two Presidents, their differences over Central America remained muted. Alfonsin repeated his belief in the need for a peaceful solution in the region, along the lines suggested by the so-called Contadora group of Latin American countries--Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela--that is sponsoring regional peace talks. He did not challenge Reagan's description of the U.S.-supported contra rebels, who are warring against Nicaragua's Sandinista government, as "freedom fighters." According to U.S. officials, Alfonsin told Reagan that when pondering the Central American crisis, he took into consideration "data...