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...theoretical level recombinant DNA experimentation is highly sophisticated. Procedures developed in the last five years use special enzymes to slice up and reassemble pieces of genes in the form of deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA. By mixing DNA from viruses, bacteria, and animals, molecular biologists can create novel hybrid organisms. Fear about the creation and accidental release of dangerous new forms of viruses and bacteria has been one focus of the recombinant DNA debate...
...worry now, at least from the standpoint of the U.S. carriers, is that the lower fares will slice into the lines' profits at the very time when they need money to replace aging air fleets. But Laker's heart does not bleed for the big boys. Through their governments, they have thrown one obstacle after another in his way. Says Laker: "The big carriers are now united in their determination to put us out of business. They have slashed their own fares, changed their own rules and granted themselves all the advantages denied to us under the terms...
...Secret Service clerks. All are on a public payroll-and all have connived to be simultaneously on the public dole. Last week, in the latest crackdown against a special breed of welfare cheater, 164 civil servants in Chicago and New York City were indicted for double-dealing an extra slice of the taxpayers' pie. Said U.S. Attorney Sam Skinner in Chicago: "The problem is immense. There is an astonishing lack of respect for law from public employees. We rest our whole Government on integrity, and I consider this to go to the very foundations of our Government...
...hungry kid with visions of a big league paycheck waging war in a dusty sandlot game, swallowing the lump in his throat as the big rainbow curve whirs towards his head, wanting to bail out but afraid to do anything but take a big man's cut and slice the air as the rainbow follows down and away for strike three. It is the agony of the minor leagues, letting the sweat trickle down your back in a near-empty stadium in western Massachusetts, struggling to keep your head down on the ground balls as the fourth inning oozes imperceptibly...
...theme, then so be it. Star Wars will neither pose nor answer any metaphysical questions that will keep the moviegoer scratching his head well after he has returned to his abode. Quite frankly, it's been so long since a film like Star Wars came along--an uplifting slice of escapist fare that isn't a disaster movie--that Lucas merits a nod of the cap for a refreshing change of pace, so long as Star Wars remains just that, and not a sign of things to come in the future from the camera of George Lucas...