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...from Thomas E. Murray, former AECommissioner and now a consultant to Capitol Hill's Atomic Energy Committee. Back in 1954. when the AEC upheld the Gray board's findings by a vote of four to one, Murray not only voted with the majority but added an extra sting of his own by declaring that Oppenheimer's disregard for the security system made him, in a special sense, "disloyal." Last week Murray said that he saw "no objection" to a rehearing and "would not be at all displeased" if Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance is reinstated...
...George I: "Here on English soil stood an unprepossessing figure, an obstinate and humdrum German martinet with dull brains and coarse tastes." When he describes combat, which is a good deal of the time, his ardent prose is apt to be high-flown: "The lure of gold and the sting of Cadiz inspired the leaders, and at last they let loose their brave men, who fought with indomitable fury...
...marketing and capital-gains problems. The stock market would be able to digest the stock more easily, and Du Pont could spread its capital-gains tax over five or possibly ten years. Another possibility, though a slim one, is that Congress may be asked to help take the sting out of the tax bite by special legislation lowering the capital-gains tax for this sale. The Government is expected to present its plan next week to Chicago's Federal Judge Walter La Buy, who originally heard the case and must approve the final settlement...
Most people can take repeated stings by bees or related insects of the order Hymenoptera with no worse effects than local pain and brief swelling. But some become increasingly more sensitive after successive stings, to the point of a severe, body-wide allergic reaction or even death. Every summer such severe sting reactions are a major problem to doctors; treatment consists in giving antihistamines and adrenalin or a hormone of the cortisone family. But researchers are busy on ways to prevent such cases by helping sensitized victims regain the normal degree of immunity...
...into sensitive subjects. In the New York City area, the doctors found, the most vicious stinger by far is the yellow jacket (Vespula maculifrons, represented elsewhere in the U.S. by closely related species). As with most Hymenoptera, the female of the species is the deadlier-the male has no sting...