Word: personal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...protein molecules that are too small to be seen even with the electron microscope. Apparently they sit on the outside of the body's cells, ready to trigger an antibody reaction and rejection phenomenon if the cells are transplanted, as part of a kidney or heart, into another person...
...artists whose versatility makes them impossible to be pigeonholed. Samaras neatly fills that bill. Says he: "I don't want people to be able to look at my work and say, 'Aha, that's a Samaras.' I want Samaras to be more than one person, lust as Picasso...
...village life resurrect a forgotten world. He recalls work, fiestas, cock fights, fashions and trysts in the cane fields with a simplicity that imparts an aura of vitality and grace. Even the supernatural is treated in a tone as matter of fact as a fried egg: "If a person wants to make a pact with the Devil, the old Congolese told me, he should take a hammer and a big nail, look for a young ceiba-tree in the countryside and hammer on the trunk hard three time. As soon as the bugger hears this call, he come, quite cool...
...State Hospital declares in an official pamphlet: "Patients are directly dependent on psychiatric aides, the only team members who are with them every hour of the day and night. The aides are likely to know the patient best. The aide's influence on patients and the quality of person needed in his job are often underestimated by the public. The quality of treatment in mental hospitals depends directly on them...
Dayton's has fully computerized its B. Dalton operation to keep track of fastand slow-moving titles, meanwhile taking pains to make the chain seem like a group of friendly neighborhood booksellers. Most B. Dalton ads use the first person to proclaim "I am having a sale," or "I see a growing interest in the occult." Mixing mechanization with the personal touch is a Dayton's hallmark that has paid off for the company as a whole. Last year Dayton's had sales of $265,507,000 and profits of $9,587,000, a gain of some...