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...tested, and several seem to stop or slow the reproduction of the AIDS virus at least temporarily. But they produce debilitating side effects, like kidney damage, which make them unsuitable for prolonged treatment. Among these drugs are HPA-23, a compound developed at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, where Rock Hudson sought treatment; Suramin, originally used to treat such parasitic disorders as African sleeping sickness; and Foscarnet, a drug being tested in Sweden and Canada...
Indeed, the bottom of the lake, a gray moonscape punctuated by boulders, rock-slides and l00-ft.-high sandstone walls, was teeming with life. Clouds of minute zooplankton drifted across the sub's windows like snowflakes. Burrowing burbot fish dug deep trenches in the silt, while sculpin fish created dimple-like holes as they nestled into the lake floor...
...underwater exploration was at first plagued with problems, including poor visibility and bursting collection sacks. But after the first two days exploration and sampling went more smoothly. Exulted Long: "We've got rock formations that will knock your socks off !" The investigations planned for the Sea-Link will ultimately involve 27 scientists. Some will survey the spawning habits and conditions of lake trout. Others plan explorations to the wrecks of five ships thought to have sunk between 1880 and 1918 for relics of shipboard life. Because of low water temperatures and the relative lack of oxidation, "the Great Lakes provide...
...leaving your brain. It's pretty intense." Cruise, 23, was impressed with the mettle of the men who fly the machines. "They certainly are a breed of their own," he says. "One instructor told me, 'There are only four jobs in the world worth having: an actor, a rock star, a jet fighter pilot and President.' " At Cruise's age, having a go at two out of four...
...Japan to reduce its catch of fish in American waters by 50%. That would be a serious economic blow to the Japanese, who took in roughly two-thirds of the 1.4 million metric tons of fish caught by foreigners off U.S. shores last year. The Administration, not eager to rock its relations with Japan, may ask the Court of Appeals for a rehearing of the case and could possibly take the issue to the Supreme Court. The outcome will determine when Japan's whalers will have to hang up their harpoon guns. STOCK TRADING An Insider Faces Jail...