Word: scenario
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...simply "bizarre" and almost "unreal" scene, in which children, mothers and fathers are forever in fear of their kibbutzes being the target of Palestinian bombing, one must adopt a more analytical and less emotionalist perspective, and ask why the Palestinians are firing. Indeed, when viewed within an historical-political scenario, the scene is certainly not of some bizarre nature where Israeli kibbutzniks just happened to be chosen as Palestinian targets...
They are in the Center for War Gaming of the U.S. Naval War College at Newport, R.I., and they are about to fight one of the institution's most frequently simulated battles: a clash with the Soviets along the oil routes of the Indian Ocean. The "scenario" behind it says that U.S.-Soviet relations have become tense because of Soviet military buildups in Aden and Iraq. The U.S. believes the Soviets aim at cutting off oil supplies, and it "surges" an eastern task force into the Indian Ocean. This includes an aircraft-carrier strike group, a convoy escort group, attack...
Nevertheless, the big question scientists and National Enquirer readers alike ask, of course, is "can humans be cloned?" Rorvik answers that with unlimited financing from a millionaire, limited red tape and several years of research on a Far East isle, as he describes in his scenario, cloning is indeed possible. And he makes a good case for his claim, describing the current state of cloning technology in clear terms for the layman with little science background. He goes through the three stages of the process (see box), listing recent advances made with animal cells and test tube fertilization studies...
After describing the probable effects of radiation on the world after a nuclear war, Caldicott warned that "the scenario would be left to the hands of human mutants...
...time he turned 18, he was on the road with Grease and keeping an eye on the lively, lush-figured Marilu, who was bouncing around beside him onstage. "Johnny's spontaneous, but he's not impulsive," Marilu maintains, a fact well borne out by their romantic scenario. Johnny made it through most of the tour before he and Marilu became, as she says, "involved...