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Number 100 could come at home against New York University Feb. 12, but a safer bet would be at either Cornell or Columbia the following weekend...
...problem is not purely mystical either. If social advancement lies in something as lethal as methyl isocyanate, it only argues for handling with the greatest care. After this tragedy is out of the news, and the lawsuits are filed, and the dead cremated, things ought to be made considerably safer than they were before Bhopal. Human progress, human frailty. Ashes float in the air near the pesticide plant. -By Roger Rosenblatt
...obstacle to using animal organs is that the human body quickly rejects foreign tissue. What gave Leonard Bailey hope of better results was the advent of the wonder-drug cyclosporine. Developed by Sandoz Ltd. in Switzerland, cyclosporine inhibits organ rejection by partly suppressing the immune system. It is considered safer than earlier drugs used for this purpose because it is less likely to destroy the body's ability to fight infection. Since its first use in the U.S. in 1979 it has revolutionized transplant surgery, raising the one-year survival rate of heart recipients from 65% in the 1970s...
...than their self-imposed quota of 17.5 million bbl. per day, only half their capacity. As a result, OPEC countries such as Libya and Iran have been quietly undercutting official prices to keep sales steady. "They're showing an inability to handle a moderately growing pie," says Arnold Safer, president of the Energy Futures Group consulting firm. "When there are a few more goodies to share, they fall apart...
...come down at least $1.50, particularly since Nigeria is selling on the cheap. The true market price of oil, if all producers exported at will, would be about $20 per bbl., and OPEC must at least partially close the gap between that price and the official $29 level. Said Safer: "My guess is, the OPEC countries will come to their senses." In a speech to a gathering of energy experts in London, Energy Secretary Donald Hodel predicted last week that world prices could fall...