Word: sweden
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...special cancer-inducing viruses, but that in the appropriate host and in the appropriate circumstances perhaps any virus can invade the chromosomes of a cell and start the process of abnormal reproduction which we call cancer. A bit of evidence in support of this view came from Sweden's famed Geneticist Albert Levan. He has found breaks or changes in the chromosomes of children recover ing from measles. Though he still has no proof that such changes lead to cancer in later life. Dr. Levan is checking the effects of other common viruses...
...neutral that always believes in being well armed, Sweden since World War II has poured billions of kronor into a potent 700-plane jet air force. Forgoing bombers, the Swedes have concentrated on interceptors, ground-attack and reconnaissance planes. But even to maintain three kinds of military aircraft is a heavy economic burden on so small a country. To cut costs, the Swedes have now designed a plane to do all three jobs: the all-weather, Mach 2-plus Viggen...
...gold outflow may even be farther away than that, because the 1962 payments deficit is worse than it looks. The "income" side of the ledger was artificially fattened when France. Italy and Sweden agreed to pay off ahead of schedule some $664 million in postwar U.S. loans. And "outgo" was probably reduced by several hundred million dollars because some European and Canadian banks refrained in 1962 from their usual year-end "window dressing"-the practice of bolstering cash balances for the annual report by temporarily pulling back money on deposit...
...princesses have begun to look more favorably at kind hearts with no coronets. "What interests me is not the crown, but what's beneath the crown." says France's Princess Isabelle. daughter of the French Pretender, the Count of Paris. A commoner should of course have money. Sweden's royal family ruled British Playboy Robin Douglas-Home (nephew of Foreign Secretary Lord Home) "unsuitable" as a consort for Princess Margaretha because of his low income. "You can't expect this young lady to get along without at least one maid," explained a palace spokesman...
...matter-can't you hit me?"), beat them with eye-catching combination punches. Until 1958 he was undefeated; he ranked as the No. 1 challenger and seemed sure to get a crack at the title held by Floyd Patterson. Then Machen had one dreadful fight. Traveling to Sweden, he took on little-known Ingemar Johansson, was standing idly in mid-ring when Johansson unloaded his "toonder and lightning" right hand and flattened Machen with a flash first-round knockout...