Word: normale
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...factor. Anderson believes the day is not far off when it will be possible to transplant a gene containing instructions for the manufacture of CD4, a substance that combats the AIDS virus. Ultimately, researchers think they may be able to conquer some hereditary diseases by replacing defective genes with normal ones...
...world affairs and turkey behavior. This is Baker's second hunting tour of the week. The first was in the company of his "pal," George Bush. "We only got 17 quail," says Baker. "Mostly on account of the dry weather. The quail haven't been reproducing in their normal numbers. And of course you have to factor in that the President-elect is, how shall I put it, an erratic shot." "It was good for them to do so poorly," says Baker's wife Susan later. "They're on top of the world now. It was good for their humility...
...Communist world, Shevardnadze had come to Beijing to set a date for a meeting that would bring the two countries' leaders together for the first time in 30 years. Moscow and Beijing had reached the verge of something that eluded them even during the years of friendship: a normal relationship of mutual respect...
...assess the toll on the state. Schools closed, businesses ground to a halt, and hardy villagers huddled in their homes to keep warm. Furnaces shut down as heating oil turned to jelly, and stoves stood idle as propane gas liquefied. The greatest hardships occurred in central Alaska, where normal food deliveries were cut off. Governor Cowper called out the Air National Guard to parchute supplies into remote villages...
...been an extension of normal human behavior, more than the '70s and '60s. Then there was a reluctance among educated people to show their affluence -- it was the time of the debutante in blue jeans who worked in a child-care center...