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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...straw-hat season draws to a close, Broadway and off-Broadway shows once again become the main focus of the theater world. Among the hits still running, for those who may have missed them earlier...
Nixon is expected to announce another troop withdrawal later this month. Though the White House bristles at any suggestion that the timing was more than coincidence, the Administration is obviously not sorry that it occurs when Congress convenes and the nation's colleges reopen. Nixon's main domestic pressure is to reduce the U.S. involvement in Viet Nam to a minimum. As last week's debate indicates, his freedom of action is somewhat circumscribed by the Communists, who have shown no willingness to accommodate him. If they continue to gun down his strategy of a phased, orderly...
Mosley holds his own, but his case suffers the same weaknesses as others that have been brought against the Mafia. For example, four of his main witnesses have recently been convicted of crimes; in exchange for their testimony, Mosley has promised to recommend lighter sentences for them. Will the jury believe men with their records? One is a Mafia gunman who testifies that, from a hidden place, he saw Franzese's pals stab The Hawk several times in a parking lot. Remarking on the witness's matter-of-fact account, the defense asks the jury: "Did you ever...
...detailed workings of the immune mechanism are still imperfectly understood, but the main outlines are clear. The principal components of immunity are a type of white blood cell, the lymphoid cells. They have the genetically built-in ability to identify other cells as "self" (part of the same body) or "not self" (invaders to be destroyed). In the presence of "self" cells the lymphoid cells remain passive, but if they detect foreign material, they manufacture antibodies to contain or attack the invader. These antibodies are in the form of gamma globulin particles. Some remain on the surface of the lymphoid...
Stable Partnerships. As a builder, Quintana has constructed hundreds of miles of highway and a dozen dams in Mexico, including the 720,000-kw. El Infiernillo power project on the country's southwest coast. He also served as the main contractor for building the Sports Palace for the 1968 Olympic Games. Partnership with a stable government, in the hands of the same political party for more than 30 years, has paid off handsomely...