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...other perception of radiation is known in humans, but eight years ago, Hunt and his associates, Donald J. Kimeldorf and John Garcia, found that rats will shun sweetened water, one of their favorite liquids, if they are dosed with radiation while they try to drink. This hardly proved that rats can sense radiation directly. Quite possibly they had been made slightly sick, associated their malaise with the sweetened water. But the hint seemed worth following...
...Freshmen Shun Bunks...
...statement the TV station claimed, "WHDH-TV does not shun controversial issues. It cannot condone a fictional dramatic program which, under the guise of entertainment, tries to create sympathy for, and portrays as 'dedicated and highly-principled,' the actions of a doctor in a course of criminal conduct condemned by the laws of every one of the 50 states and the federal government...
...American Red Cross, without federal funds or power, "to pass ammunition to local school boards," but not ''to lay down the law." Education Professor Paul R. Hanna of Stanford Uni versity advocates a national "commission for curriculum research and development" that would guide school boards but also shun fixed standards...
...raise that much. "You never had no regular address," says Knocko. "You just stayed in one place as long as the landlord would let you, and then you moved on. We were poor, we were poor. We're not proud of it, but we don't shun the fact that we were the poorest family in South Boston." The family stove was fueled with stray lumps of coal that Knocko and Dannie picked up in the railroad yards, and John's meager earnings were supplemented by a "pauper's basket" from the welfare department...