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...Grillo's attempt to interpret my racial or ethnic views--or even, in fact, my ethnic origin--on the basic of a place of relatively straight reporting is puzzling to me. To answer her points in order: 1) The listing of DiCara's strengths was an almost verbatim paraphrase of the listing given me by his campaign manager. Grillo cleverly omits one-third of the listing: the word "liberal," which is ordinarily taken to refer to a candidate's political beliefs. 2) My listing of DiCara's appearance was not a slur, but merely an observation that...
...Baltimore program owes its origin to several recent scientific discoveries in the field of molecular biology. One was the identification of the enzyme hexosaminidase-A, the lack of which causes Tay-Sachs disease. Another was the development of a technique for taking cells from the amniotic fluid, the clear, amber liquid in which the developing fetus floats, and analyzing the cells for the presence-or absence-of the essential enzyme. The most important step, however, was perfecting a simple blood test to identify adults who carry the defective gene but are themselves unaffected...
...supervisors resulted in more walkouts as well as threats. In February 1970, with the completion deadline six months away, Bateson officials tried a crackdown. Shortly afterward, a fire flared on the second floor of the building, causing $100,000 in damages before it was finally extinguished. The origin of the blaze was never determined...
This condition came to Chusid's attention when he was called on to treat a 22-year-old college student who had been experiencing increasing difficulty walking, running and climbing stairs. An examination failed to uncover the origin of the student's inability to control a drooping tendency in both feet. But conversation did. The youth, a recent convert to yoga, told Chusid that he often sat on his heels for periods of up to six hours while chanting. The position placed great pressure on the peroneal nerve, which winds about the head of the fibula (outer...
...Idiopathic means of unknown or spontaneous origin; hypogeusia means diminished taste acuity...