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Laetrile advocates, who have forced legalization of its use in 23 states, charge that the drug used in the tests was not pure Laetrile. The N.C.I, says the material is structurally identical to that found in Mexico's Laetrile clinics. Says Robert Bradford of the Committee for Freedom of Choice in Cancer Therapy, a Laetrile lobbying group: "The whole thing, as far as we are concerned, is a put-up deal to discredit Laetrile." Replies Dr. Charles Moertel of the Mayo Clinic: "We like to be optimistic about the good sense of the public ... But we are not going...
...parallels between the Zealots at Masada and the followers of Jim Jones in Guyana were rightly alluded to by Richard Corliss [April 6]. Either community could be considered martyrs or fanatics depending upon your point of view. Both groups tried to keep themselves pure and isolated from the dominant culture. Both committed suicide when that culture attempted to bind them to its laws...
...Harvard is the temple of the case method, the Gothic towers at the University of Chicago form the shrine of pure theory. "The case-study method is only a concoction that looks realistic," scoffs Eugene Fama, who teaches a notoriously tough lecture course in finance. "It's like an electronic hockey game that can never produce real hockey players." Chicago's first-year core courses cover statistics, managerial accounting, microeconomics and macroeconomics. The second-year electives put the theories to work: applied econometrics, financial instruments, application of finance theory. Though the emphasis on theory is heavy, Chicago officials...
There is no doubt of continued military interest in the shuttle. But in the realms of pure science and commercial enterprise, the future of the costly space shuttle seems far from assured...
...Rudi and I dancing together was not a big deal, but pure tongue-in-cheek fun," says Mikhail Baryshnikov, 33, of his first appearance with Countryman Rudolf Nureyev, 43. Though they are longtime rivals, each responded with a hearty da when Choreographer Paul Taylor suggested that they pair up at the opening night gala for his New York dance company. The result was about as Russian as apple pie. In From Sea to Shining Sea, Taylor's 1965 send-up of American life, Baryshnikov played an office worker and George Washington, while Nureyev portrayed a workman and a Brando...