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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...over, but the U.S. has the right to keep the canal open and functioning. Indeed this provision has been strengthened because of the doubts among treaty opponents. Responding to their pressure, the White House accepted two reservations that clearly state that the U.S. can send troops into Panama to protect the canal if it is shut down for virtually any reason...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Mythologizing the Panama Canal | 4/17/1978 | See Source »

...announced in February that a child had been cloned in a laboratory, the response was immediate and deafening, raising questions involving scientific, journalistic, and human ethics. Scientists called the claim a hoax and demanded documentation, but none was forthcoming as Rorvik fell back, using a journalist's privilege to protect his sources. The publisher was criticized for publishing his book as non-fiction without being sure of its accuracy, and it responded by speeding up the printing of the book...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Cloning Around | 4/15/1978 | See Source »

...state of cloning technology in clear terms for the layman with little science background. He goes through the three stages of the process (see box), listing recent advances made with animal cells and test tube fertilization studies for each step, and the directions his own scientist, named Darwin to protect his identity, had explored...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Cloning Around | 4/15/1978 | See Source »

Abandoning his half-tied sneaker, he lifted a plastic windshield and carefully snapped it into place. Nodding his head, he asserted, "It's to protect it. There's armies in this world, you know." Jonathan sleeps in this large, sunny room, in one of the beds which line the walls. He has lived since he was three at "the Italian Home for Children" in Jamaica Plain. I played, observed and attended meetings there last fall for Psychology and Social Relations 910r, an independent study course on children in institutions...

Author: By Susannah L. Sherry, | Title: Coping, Learning at the Italian Home | 4/11/1978 | See Source »

Szasz condemned the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for refusing to protect the rights of "persons accused of mental illness." Szasz compared commitment to an institution with slavery, and recalled that the ACLU also supported the confinement of Japanese-Americans in internment camps during World...

Author: By William J. Berry and Lisa E. Davis, S | Title: Psychiatrist Szasz Contends Mental Illness Does not Exist | 4/11/1978 | See Source »

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