Word: merrill
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Works of Bach, Debussy, Faure, Hindemith, Ibert, and Poulenc; Marna Kennedy, flute, William Merril, piano; Eliot Library...
...Anthony Burgess. Herman work and Kurt Vonnegut Jr. turn to the themes and concepts" of science fiction. To Gunn, such writers represent a literary culture that is hostile to science fiction with its rational, pragmatic view of the universe. The New Wave of science fiction writers, led by Judith Merril and J.G. Ballard, have adopted some of the romantic and subjective strains of the mainstream. At issue, Gunn writes, is the continued existence of the national nature and technological slant of science fiction. He believes that while elements of mainstream literature should be adapted to science fiction, the core should...
...cells used by Molecular Biologists Carl Merril, Mark Geier and John Petricciani at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. were taken from a victim of the hereditary disease called galactosemia. Because of a defect in the genes in the nuclei of his cells, the victim was unable to produce the essential enzyme that enables the body to metabolize galactose, a simple sugar found in milk and other dairy products. Unless an infant born with the defect is quickly placed on a milk-free diet, he faces malnutrition, mental retardation and even death...