Word: levan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...effect at Unionville (Pa.) High School, where a school handbook proclaims that "in a democracy, dress and grooming are dictated by good taste and pride in one's appearance" and that "a child's behavior is most often a reflection of the way he dresses." To Superintendent LeVan P. Smith, democratic hair must not touch the eyes, ears or shirt collar. He suspended Senior Alan T. Miller, 18, whose hair infringes upon his shirt but whose behavior somehow had not been adversely affected. Alan drew straight A's his entire junior year, missed only...
...that in the appropriate host and in the appropriate circumstances perhaps any virus can invade the chromosomes of a cell and start the process of abnormal reproduction which we call cancer. A bit of evidence in support of this view came from Sweden's famed Geneticist Albert Levan. He has found breaks or changes in the chromosomes of children recover ing from measles. Though he still has no proof that such changes lead to cancer in later life. Dr. Levan is checking the effects of other common viruses...
...Albert Levan grew human cells in laboratory flasks and devised a technique for using their lab-cultured cells to get a far clearer picture of the chromosomes inside them than had ever been available before. They counted and recounted the chromosomes. The total came to only 46 -though for 30 years scientists had been certain that the human species had 48. Touched off by the revolutionary Tjio-Levan discovery, six hectic years of work on chromosomal abnormalities have already revealed clear links with some physical and mental disorders. Dr. Tjio got a personal award of $8,333 but no cash...