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Cimetidine owes its origin to the discovery that there are two types of receptor sites for histamine. The familiar site, associated with hay fever and other allergies, is in the nasal passages and nearby tissues. These conditions can be treated with a variety of widely prescribed antihistamines. But the drugs have no effect on the histamine receptors in the cells that secrete acid into the stomach...
Belarus salesmen downplay the origin of the tractors (though it is hardly a secret: name plates, partly in Cyrillic lettering, identify them as MADE IN THE U.S.S.R.) and often counsel reluctant customers that "it's better to trade than to shoot." Nonetheless, Chambers admits that some farmers simply refuse to consider buying "Commie tractors." Others find that practical considerations outweigh ideology. At prices typically ranging from $4,600 to $12,000, Belarus' line of five models undersells its American rivals by anywhere from 15% to 20% or more. The Soviet tractors, made in plants in Minsk, Kharkov, Lipetsk...
...with a pack of cards: shuffle the familiar into unexpected patterns. Devotees religiously pass along The Universal Baseball Association, Inc., an eerie tale of a recluse who invents and maintains an eight-team baseball league and the lives of hundreds of players. First editions of his first novel (The Origin of the Brunists) and a collection of short stories (Pricksongs & Descants) are prized by their owners and generally unavailable on the open market...
...chase and shows no interest in it. And Edward Wilson reminds readers that in the million-year hunter-gatherer period of evolution, men hunted and women stayed home. Adds Wilson: "This strong bias persists in most agricultural societies, and on that ground alone appears to have a genetic origin...
...foreign countries. The code also forbids bankers to accept funds that they have reason to believe were acquired by acts punishable under Swiss law, such as fraud and trafficking in narcotics. However, the code does not require the banks to investigate the background of every customer to ascertain the origin of his money...