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...greatest pleasure of Salk's later life, which he pursued in several books and in countless luncheon conversations at his institute, was to reflect on the large questions of human evolution and people's roles as "co-authors" with nature in their destiny--such as, for instance, his own. "I could have studied the immunological properties of, say, the tobacco mosaic virus,'' he once reflected, "published my findings, and they would have been of some interest. But the fact that I chose to work on the polio virus, which brought control of a dreaded disease, made all the difference...
...carry-the sentiment was even more heated. "You've been voting to hurt other people," said Bill Hallstrom, a Beloit engineer. "You voted for a tax cut for the rich-you're giving them a break at the expense of the poor." Elkhorn Rotarians, who feted Neumann with a luncheon, were equally clear. Said V. Kirt Fiegel, whose firm makes parts for surgical and other tools: "The deep sentiment out there is that we have got to get our house in order. And the tax cuts ought to be delayed. That's an easy...
Knowles will be honored at a luncheon tomorrow at Unpstairs at the Pudding. --Elizabeth T. Bangs and Jonathan A. Lewin HARVARD COLLEGE...
...continues with meetings until a BMW takes him to the President's official residence for a luncheon with Sydney Mufamadi, the Safety and Security Minister. After discussing security issues over spiced chicken livers, Mandela changes into a charcoal suit and is back at the office in the Union Buildings by 3 p.m. There he attends the swearing in of the new Deputy Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology, Brigitte Mabandla. For the second time in a matter of weeks, she will be replacing Mandela's estranged wife Winnie, who was fired from the job, won it back and then...
...politically involved enough to receive an invitation from Bob Dole to a Republican "Inner Circle" luncheon in 1991. And he fended off criticism after courageously defending Theodore Briseno, one of the officers in the Rodney King case, because "he was the only one I saw who was trying to stop the beating...