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Student voters supported the referendum calling for an end to licensing of nuclear power plants by a margin of more than...
Another CCA liberal, first-time candidate, Henrietta Attles, will replace Holway on the committee. Koocher and Attles, along with fellow progressives Sara Mae Berman and Alice Wolf, will give the CCA a 4-2 margin on the six-man committee...
...South Africa divestiture question was leading by the smallest margin, approximately 2-1, a check of selected precincts showed...
City independents, the traditional foes of rent control, did what they had to do to keep their council edge--just barely. Walter Sullivan, as usual, led all comers in the vote, but his margin slipped--he only beat his liberal namesake David by 26 votes. Relying on his strong personal network, Walter Sullivan, an assistant clerk of courts whose father served as a councilor at the tail end of the Depression and who is entering his 13th term on the board, will keep his seat as long as he wants it--more than can be said for most...
...Baylor College of Medicine: "You keep falling back, like a military withdrawal, but finally the body just collapses." Adds Dr. Myron Winick of New York City's Columbia University Institute of Nutrition: "Victims of starvation have to adapt. But once they do, they have a very small margin for error." Death comes in many ways. The intestinal walls become damaged; severe and constant diarrhea may develop. The loss of body fluids containing electrolytes (particularly potassium) that help control heart rhythm can lead to circulatory collapse. Lack of food weakens the body's natural defense system against infection; crowded...