Word: pit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...still. After five years of exhaustive studies with mice, researchers at his world-renowned institute concluded that in spite of early indications it might control the spread of tumors, the controversial drug Laetrile showed no anticancer properties. Yet even while they were strengthening the scientific case against the apricot-pit extract, also known as vitamin B17, Laetrile's supporters were predicting that the drug - now used illicitly by tens of thousands of cancer patients - would soon be sold legally everywhere...
...SAVILLES' RELIGION is, in fact, upward mobility, and it is this which is to be their gift to Colin. To evade the mines, the eternal sameness and the dirt of pit life--for this, his parents' goal, Colin must struggle to harmonize the different requirements of village and school. The task is almost impossible. Returning home by bus while his more prosperous schoolmates take the train, Colin encounters an increasing demand for sacrifice and his parents' barely concealed scorn for the life they have foisted...
...program will also feature a basketball tournament for black players at the IAB this afternoon and Sunday. The tilt will pit teams from the Business and Law Schools against two squads of undergraduates...
Harvard battles Penn today in a doubleheader at Soldiers Filed. Penn has a 4-4-1 record in the Eastern League (Columbia leads the league with a 9-1 state) and Park will moyt likely pit Larry Brown and lefty Paul McOsker in the twinbill against the Quakers...
First, I'd like to present my belated picks in the NCAA basketball championships. The finals will pit North Carolina against Marquette, with the atter emerging as the eventual winner. I had been promising to present my picks for a while, and I've finally been cornered into it. Also, I'll have to go with Wisconsin over Michigan in the NCAA hockey playoffs and the Boston Celtics over the Philadelphia 76ers in the quarterfinals for the NBA playoffs...