Word: plasticizers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...prone to cancer, they can grow tumor cells from people with common forms of cancer. (The mouse cells apparently produce some yet unidentified factor that supports the growth of certain human cancer cells.) According to Salmon, the cancer cells that thrive and form colonies in the laboratory's plastic petri dishes appear to be the tumor's "clonogenic," or "stem," cells. Though they account for less than 1% of all the cells in a tumor, these cells are thought to be the cancer's key replicating units; they divide and migrate, "seeding" new cancers in the body...
...Hampshire's rocky hillsides. But when the Western prairies opened up it was possible to raise flocks of 20,000 or more animals. The New England industry went into a decline. Roughly a decade ago, when the thirst for things natural took hold in protest against the increasingly plastic quality of American life, sheep began making a comeback. Today there are roughly 6,000 sheep in New Hampshire mostly in small flocks of ten or 15 animals "When you consider that there are some single farms in the Midwest with 6,000 sheep, we're no big deal...
...sing one note. The villains bring her to a hiding place not far from her home. The police, in search of Aldo Moro, ring the kidnapers' doorbell on two occasions. When no one answers they go away. A few days later, the villains wrap up their captive in a plastic bag and drive to a more remote hideout. After languishing for days in her new quarters, Giovanna falls in love with Daniel. He too is smitten. Offstage he croons the aria Posa il tuo capo sulla mia spalla (Rest your head upon my shoulder...
Kites have dared the heavens for thousands of years, pacifying the gods, protecting souls, relaying lovers' messages, celebrating the seasons. Frorn the Chinese Han dynasty through the space age, kites made of leaves, paper, silk and now plastic have also been used to catch fish, spy on enemies, send signals, divine the weather, explore the atmosphere, photograph the earth, tow boats, advertise corsets, drop bombs and loft men and women into the wind. In the past decade the kite, the honorable ancestor of all aircraft, has colored American skies in vast numbers, dazzling hues, and sufficient shapes, sizes and forms...
Unlike almost any other sport, kite flying involves no standardized equipment or rules; it appeals equally to the mystic and the scientist, the fresh-air buff and the do-it-yourselfer who devises and builds his own bird of balsam and plastic. The variety of kites aloft can make a city sky look like a sociocultural anthology of man's immemorial urge...