Word: mixes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...life by exposing moon soil to hundreds of life-enticing mixtures of gases and nutrients. After 67 days in a brew called TGY -made up of an enzyme, a sugar and a yeast extract-the soil showed no signs of life, so Taylor added the three bacteria to the mix to see if lunar soil affected their growth rate. In mixtures containing surface samples from both Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 and core samples from 12, the single-celled plants continued to reproduce normally. But when Taylor used Apollo 11 core material, taken from as deep as eight inches below...
...split the school into three self-governing units and set up a weekly "town meeting" for each unit between students and faculties. Together, they discuss the curriculum, the students proposing to teachers what they want to know, the teachers explaining to students what they need to know. Classes often mix ages, with ninth-grade students, for example, being challenged by mingling with high school seniors. No marks are given. Instead, teachers write an evaluation of each student's work. For the most part, attendance is not compulsory. Informality and responsibility are emphasized. Students can smoke in class, call teachers...
...bank rally," as brokers have dubbed the winter rebound, draws some of its support from cuts in the prime lending rate, from 8½% to 8%, by a handful of small banks. Though executives of most major banks have scoffed at the reductions as premature, last week's mix of economic fact and forecast strengthened Wall Street's conviction that easier money is on the way. One indication: the Dow-Jones Municipal Bond index declined last week to 6%, the lowest level since last October...
...always like to drive." said the 6'1" junior. "Speed and body mobility are my two greatest assets, and I belong to the school of thought that says you work your opponent with your primary ability instead of trying to mix him up with jump shots and drives," he explained...
...groups eat separately. There have been interracial fights and class disorders. "It's becoming anarchy," complains a woman math teacher. "Teachers have to defend themselves and not the kids?that's ass-backwards." Annabelle Hall, a white hippie-type student, is disillusioned. "Last year I really tried to mix," she says. "But it doesn't work. Someone has to suffer?you can't get a school together in a day. But why did I have to come along just as integration is beginning...