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...scientific payoff from all this effort could be spectacular. The first moon mission yielded a rock more than 4.5 billion years old, a billion years older than any earth specimen. On its return from man's first expedition to the lunar highlands, Apollo 13 may bring back rocks nearly 5 billion years old, going back to the very beginnings of the solar system. Such trophies would more than convince scientists that the astronauts did not lightly pick the Apollo 13 mission motto: Ex Luna, Scientia -From the Moon, Knowledge...
When bemoaning the Senators' "own philosophy" and "subjective judgment," Nixon was also on questionable ground. A legislator who ignored his own convictions and feelings would be a poor specimen. And while Nixon may not feel that the charges against Carswell are supportable, his Senate opponents certainly...
...cleanse the mouth ulcers. Nurse Shaw had nicked her finger earlier in the day while cutting roses. Although she had bandaged it and used an antiseptic, she fell ill soon after treating Nurse Wine. Her symptoms were as various as they were baffling. Dr. Jeanette Troup drew a blood specimen, to be frozen and sent with Nurse Wine...
Where does the virus live, and how is it transmitted? No one knows, but Frame's serum collection offered a clue. It contained a Lassa-positive specimen from Carrie Moore, who had a similar illness in Guinea, 1,500 miles west of Lassa, when she worked there as a teacher in 1965. Although Mrs. Moore recovered, her fever left her stone-deaf. Her quarters, she recalls, were infested with mice that left their droppings all over her room and the kitchen. Nurse Pinneo also remembers mice droppings in the mission hospital at Jos. If mice are indeed carriers...
...Most shooting safaris last a minimum of 21 days, and they are exorbitantly expensive. In Kenya, the daily charge per person for four clients with two professional hunters is $422. That fee does not include clothing, game licenses ($300 for a single rhino, plus an extra $600 if the specimen shot turns out to be a female), rental of weapons, ammunition. National Parks entry fees, liquor, tips to the African gunbearers, cooks, guides and skinners, or taxidermy charges. Total bill for a 21-day hunt: about...