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...London Time-Life Building for catnaps between assignments. New Delhi Bureau Chief Marcia Gauger was abruptly recruited to lend a hand when she stopped off en route from New York to India. Brenda Draper, London bureau picture researcher, worked with a variety of official British photographers and freelancers to obtain a steady flow of pictures for both stories. Correspondent Mary Cronin turned from organizing the wedding coverage on a master bulletin board to charting the causes of the social unrest. Correspondent Frank Melville, who has observed the British scene for 20 years, noted that "the ferocity of the street fighting...
Nine states, including seven in the South, and portions of 13 other states, including New York, must obtain federal approval before changing local laws on elections or voting...
...exposure to nuclear wastes, among them the army units dispatched during the 1950's into radioactive zones in a bravura effort by the U.S. to demonstrate safety. "Cancer rates among the exposed men have been far above the statistical norm, yet the afflicted soldiers have found it impossible to obtain government compensation. The same situation is likely to hold true for the eventual victims of the Three Mile Island incident and other accidents...
...supply and dries up the nose. With repeated coke use, ulcers form, cartilage is exposed and the nasal septum can be perforated, requiring repairs by plastic surgery. (Savvy users rinse their noses with water after sniffing to wash away the irritants.) To avoid the impurities of street coke and obtain a greater jolt, more users are resorting to freebasing. After dissolving a substantial quantity of coke in an alkaline (basic) solution, they boil the brew until a whitish lump, or freebase, is left. The lump can be purified further by washing it in a strong solvent. Then it is smoked...
Lamont-Havers contends that a corporation will not necessarily begin dictating research policy to a university or hospital just because it helps support work going on there. He told the NIH that Hoechst's main interests are to obtain up-to-date information and have a place to train its best young scientists. Alan C. Olsson, dean for resources at the Med School and one of the masterminds behind the Du Pont deal, agrees emphatically, saying that although Du Pont has not requested training positions for its people, the company's main interest "is forwarding investigations that will lead...