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Immediately, there might be an increase in terrorism because when the Marxists find that they have lost out, I think they'll try to vent their spleen on everything in sight. Our assessment is, however, that once the agreement is made, there will be a gradual winding down and that in time terrorism will wither away. We are ready for an intensified war because it is always a possibility. If it does intensify, it will not take us by surprise...
...weapon against them. Last week doctors at the University of California in San Francisco reported spectacular success in inoculating a group of 77 vulnerable youngsters with a prototype pneumonia vaccine. All had sickle-cell anemia, a genetic disorder largely confined to blacks that, besides inflicting other damage, impairs the spleen's ability to filter dangerous bacteria out of the blood. Even after two years, Dr. Arthur J. Ammann and his colleagues said, not a single patient had developed a pneumococcus infection; the only reaction from the shots in the arm was a little swelling and a short-lived fever...
After the accident, Marc J. Sobil '80 underwent an operation to remove a ruptured spleen. He also suffered severe cuts and bruises and bled internally, Sobil's friends said yesterday...
TCDD is so toxic, according to one scientist, that a single gram is capable of killing thousands of people. The gas can cause blistering, and damage to the liver, spleen, kidneys, respiratory tract and nervous system; it may also cause deformities in unborn children...
...From the start, Chief Surgeon Joseph Wilder's special team-nine surgeons, three anesthetists and six nurses-realized that the abdominal wound was the worst; the removal of another bullet lodged in Rojas's temple could wait. Deftly cutting away, Surgeon Mulji Pauwaa removed the ruptured spleen. Then, after locating the bullet-which somehow had twisted around-he removed it, thereby restoring the leg's blood supply. Meanwhile, other members of the team sopped up the blood that had accumulated in the chest cavity, easing pressure on the lungs. Finally, Surgeon Abul Aguam closed the hole...