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Working with family pedigrees and DNA extracted from the cell bank, White and his group have identified more than 1,000 markers, each about 10 million base pairs apart, on all the chromosomes. They have also been major contributors to the Center for the Study of Human Polymorphisms, set up in Paris by French Nobel laureate Jean Dausset to coordinate an international effort to map the genes. Of the 40 families whose cell lines reside in CEPH's major data banks, 27 have been provided by White's group...
...That set the tone for the showdown. U.S. Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner, announcing that President Bush refused to intervene in the Eastern strike, could not resist a verbal shiv of his own. "Mr. Lorenzo," he said, "has obviously not got the trust and admiration of his employees." As unionists burned an effigy of the Texas Air chairman, their leaders laid ambitious plans to expand the strike through a series of secondary boycotts that would tie up commuter traffic across the country -- a nightmare that was averted when judges in several cities slapped temporary restraining orders on strikes of intercity rail...
Eastern's unions welcome the prospect of dealing with a judge instead of Lorenzo. But they too will lose clout under Chapter 11. For one thing, the bankruptcy court has the power to set terms for a contract settlement. But the unions will also be able to file a reorganization plan for the airline. Union leaders gave every indication that the strike will continue. At week's end its focus turned to picketing Continental facilities at airports in Miami, Houston, Denver and Newark...
...with the peaceful image the rebels have projected in recent weeks. F.M.L.N. leaders surprised American and Salvadoran officials in January with a dramatic offer to lay down their weapons and participate in national elections. In exchange, the rebels wanted the March presidential vote postponed for six months. That offer set off a flurry of counterproposals and talks between the F.M.L.N. and political- party representatives. State Department officials, who quietly met with a rebel spokesman to discuss the initiative, were so intrigued that they encouraged the Salvadoran government to negotiate with the guerrillas. For a time it seemed as though...
...Carlos Salinas de Gortari won election by the narrowest margin in his party's 59-year history over left-of-center candidate Cuauhtemoc Cardenas. In Brazil left-wing parties have mounted a serious challenge to President Jose Sarney. And a nationalist party in Argentina could win the presidential elections set...