Word: strains
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Andromeda Strain. Robert Wise translated Michael Crichton (recent Harvard grad)'s sci-fi novel into a cool and canny thriller. An alien micro-organism threatens to destroy the human race in this 1971 film. CH. 4. 9 p.m. Color...
...Indians. Under the guidance of the aged Don Juan, Castaneda's experiments with hallucinogenic plants initiated him into a world of "nonordinary reality." In his second book, A Separate Reality, Castaneda witnessed even stranger miracles which could not be explained simply by the use of psychoactive substances. The strain of two contradictory realities briefly put Castaneda in a mental hospital...
...years of the most grueling, tension-ridden work. Yet during that period, his health seemed generally good. Cardiologists reviewing Johnson's medical history see evidence that for him, as for many another cardiac patient, frustration or the slower pace of retirement can be more lethal than the strain of a highly active life...
Last year the A/2 Hong Kong strain erupted in the U.S., causing widespread absenteeism in schools, offices and factories. Now a new bug called the London flu-because it was first isolated as a distinct strain there last year-is causing the familiar sniffles, coughing, sore throat, headache and fever in many parts...
...strain showed. More than anyone else, the airmen wanted to believe that peace was indeed at hand. "The letdown was just killing," said Captain James H.S. Train, a veteran of more than 200 missions who is now on his sixth combat tour. "We're just hanging on by our fingernails." Later another flyer warned: "Just don't pass out any more peace rumors...