Word: poisoner
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...California legislature a bill requiring the C.D.C. and similar groups to serve notice on all political advertisements that they are "unofficial" political organizations-and to specify, in large type, that such "notice to voters is required by law." Moans C.D.C. President Thomas Carvey: "This is a sort of poison label. It implies that there's something wrong with the endorsement -just as you might start worrying about a can of food if it carried that kind of notice...
...which causes severe mental retardation. (At least 5,000 of the 5.5 million mentally retarded in the U.S. are PKU victims.) Because of a defective gene inherited from both parents, a PKU baby cannot make use of phenylalanine, which is found in most protein foods, and the poison that accumulates in his system as a result permanently damages the brain. But if PKU is detected early enough, a special diet will avert nearly all the damage. The difficulty lies in early detection. In the laboratory, the blood spots on the filter paper will reveal...
...Soviet Union, a success of all the states advocating the aversion of the danger of a new war." Lord Home orated emotionally, saying the treaty meant that "every human family can live, from now on, free from fear that their unborn children will be affected by man-made poison...
...excellent television address, the nuclear test ban treaty just negotiated with the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom is not the beginning of the millenium. Rather, it is an extremely limited document, providing only for an end to non-underground tests. These explosions, which are relatively easy to detect, poison the atmosphere without necessarily improving the military position of the country making them. The cessation of these explosions, while possibly reducing international antagonism, does not mean the end of rivalry between the great powers, and it does not make future nuclear confrontations impossible...
...Guide is derived primarily from Ernest Hemingway. Consider this passage from a section on probing for mines: "Echelon men 15 to 25 M to minimize casualties." This tone of taut realism is characteristic of the book. Its author, also anonymous, gives these instructions for testing for the presence of poison gas: "Nerve agents being quick killers, make test with detectors, then have 2 or 3 men unmask for 5 min.... If no symptoms, unmask...