Word: sacs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...founder and organizer of the first Mattachine Society (Los Angeles, 1949-53), I call upon its many inheritors to abandon the culs-de-sac of sectarianism and special pleadings and make common cause with the many fronts of the Free Generation confronting the real enemy?male chauvinism...
...present, the international assembly offered more hope for prevention and improved treatment than cure of birth defects. One preventive technique is amniocentesis-inserting a needle through the pregnant woman's abdomen, into the amniotic sac, and withdrawing fluid for analysis of the cells shed by the embryo. For the apparently normal woman this would never be recommended. But it is a boon for the woman with a history of pregnancy mishaps, or one whose family is known to harbor inheritable defects. At Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Dr. Henry L. Nadler reported, his department has "managed...
...Sachs genes, they can be warned of their 25% risk of producing a Tay-Sachs child and perhaps be discouraged from having children of their own. By inserting a needle through a woman's abdomen when she is 16 weeks pregnant and extracting fluid from the amniotic sac, doctors can determine if the unborn child will have Tay-Sachs disease. Cells shed by the developing fetus into the fluid will be analyzed for traces of HexA. If the enzyme is missing, doctors could advise an abortion that would save the parents from the heartbreak of having a doomed...
...also interferes with the reproductive cycle. Adult fish, for example, are able to tolerate relatively high levels of DDT. The fish embryo, on the other hand, dies almost immediately when it begins to absorb the pesticide through the fatty yolk sac. In birds, DDT kills off the young by interfering with the female's egg-laying process. Though the exact chemistry is still obscure, the pesticide apparently sends the mother bird's liver into a frenzy of enzyme production. The excess enzymes break down such steroids as estrogen that are essential to the manufacture of calcium. Lacking adequate...
...message of love. To millions of housewives, it preaches that the way to express affection for husband and chil dren is to bake them a cake. Its ads pro claim that "Nothin' Says Lovin' Like Something from the Oven, and Pillsbury Says It Best." This somewhat sac -charine slogan helps to boost sales. In the fiscal year ending last May, they rose to a record $526 million, and prof its increased 7.4% to $13 million. This year the Minneapolis-based company anticipates an earnings gain of 10%, which is one reason that since the beginning of the year...