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Among victims of the half-dozen or more familiar forms of leukemia, he says, it is common for an AIHA process to develop at some stage of the disease. In the AIHA phase, though red cells are the likeliest victims of autoimmune destructive processes, it is not unusual for the platelets (the tiniest solids in the blood, essential for clotting) to be destroyed...
...immune reaction, and an atypical, self-limiting form of leukemia. In "mono," several abnormal types of antibody are found at the times when the patient's lymph glands are overactive. Where the "not-self" or foreign proteins come from to start this process is not certain, but the likeliest source is the original virus, acting on lymph cells. And Dr. Dameshek notes that in three familiar diseases definitely known to be caused by viruses-German measles, viral pneumonia and poliomyelitis-there is occasionally a temporary autoimmune phase with blood-cell destruction...
...officially installed as chief of the External Affairs Ministry, where her wide knowledge of diplomacy could be put to good use-and where party officials could keep an eye on her. Nehru may soon be forced to elevate to the Cabinet someone who in fact would run the country. Likeliest prospect, and leading candidate to succeed Nehru: former Home Minister Lai Bahadur Shastri...
...were the strongest men on Nehru's team, although some were in political trouble. Among them were two strong pro-Westerners, Food Minister Patil and Finance Minister Morarji Desai, widely criticized for food shortages and high prices, as well as Home Minister Lai Bahadur Shastri, Nehru's likeliest successor...
...civilian clothes (including a coat bearing the label of a Seoul tailor), faked South Korean identity cards, rations for 15 days and $4,000 in U.S. money. Obviously, they had intended to infiltrate South Korea, but why had they jeopardized their mission by the ambush of the U.S. Jeep? Likeliest explanation: they thought they had been spotted by a U.S. patrol and had therefore opened fire...