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To function properly, the body must carefully control blood pressure through a number of complex mechanisms. Baroreceptors-clusters of pressure-sensitive cells scattered throughout the arterial system-respond to changes in pressure and signal the nervous system to make the necessary adjustments. The nervous system in turn helps lower or...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONQUERING THE QUIET KILLER | 1/13/1975 | See Source »

Archaeologists have long been intrigued by the heaps of brownish-gray slag scattered amid the sandy soil of Israel's southern Negev Desert. First spotted by the late American biblical scholar and archaeologist Nelson Glueck, the heaps seemed to be remnants of an ancient copper-smelting operation of pre...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Oldest Mine? | 1/13/1975 | See Source »

Chinese acupuncturists, Wall found, use three totally different systems for placing the needles: 1) scattered all over the body, 2) concentrated in the ear lobe and 3) concentrated in the region of the pain. All three schools claim to be using traditional methods. But those involve inserting needles at particular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Acupuncture Revisited | 1/6/1975 | See Source »

and scattered weed.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Whole Look of Heaven | 12/30/1974 | See Source »

The question therefore really comes down to the extent of the commitment that such outside investors ought to be allowed to make. Strangely enough, there is now no basic guideline for foreign investing, probably because Washington has never before had to consider it in terms of such sudden massive inflows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The U.S. Should Soak Up That Shower of Gold | 12/16/1974 | See Source »

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