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...will reject thy sland'rous perjured oaths...
...when the treach'rous quicksand bids...
Among several casts, the singing of Bari tone Mazurok (Onegin) and Tenor Vla dimir Atlantov (Lensky) is solidly sono rous, and as Tatiana, Tamara Milashki-na sings with a full lyric voice that is gratifyingly free of the shrill vibrato heard from so many Russian sopranos...
Died. Dr. Peyton Rous, 90, U.S. cancer researcher and virologist, who in 1911 first proved the existence of virus-induced cancer in animals; of cancer; in Manhattan. Though dismissed as "utter nonsense" at the time, Rous' discovery of a virus-transmissible cancer (sarcoma) was eventually accepted as a most promising lead in cancer research. It also launched his career at Manhattan's Rockefeller Institute (now University), where he perfected the first technique for preserving whole blood for transfusions and opened the way for modern treatment of liver and digestive diseases. It was not until 1966, more than half...
This does not mean that cancer is infectious in the same way as influenza or measles-"To this day," says Dr. Rous, "I have found no case where a tumor has been transferred from one person to another." Nor does it necessarily even mean that any human cancer is caused by a virus, but the likelihood of this seems so great that around the world tens of millions of dollars are now being spent annually by scientists to see whether Rous's long-maligned discovery can lead the way to control of some cancers in man. Dr. Rous himself...