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...that they were optimistic about the future of Sino-Soviet relations. Said TASS: "The Soviet leadership is striving to move these relations onto the track of good neighborliness." Although Huang was replaced as Foreign Minister after his return from Moscow by Wu Xueqian, a former Deputy Foreign Minister, the switch reflected no change in policy...
Police and the FBI immediately suspected an inside job. One of two electronic alarms that should have alerted a nearby 24-hour central security station was inexplicably turned off. The thieves seemed suspiciously knowledgeable about the company's security operations, locating with ease a switch that opened the building's garage door. At week's end, authorities were poring over the records of 200 past and present Sentry employees. Still at large were the robbers, and still missing was their loot. Latest count: a staggering $10.4 million...
Producer Ray Stark and Screenwriter Carol Sobieski, the perpetrators of the film Annie, here switch the situationyor has said: "I'm better than my movies." He is too modest, and not nearly discriminating enough in his choice of roles. Pryor makes a terrific Christmas present for any moviegoer. He just needs better wrapping...
...Seattle, and Ronald Evans and Neal Birnberg, of the Salk Institute in La Jolla, Calif. The gene they prepared for insertion into mice was a carefully crafted composite. It consisted of a rat growth-hormone gene plus part of a mouse gene. The mouse portion served as a switch to activate the rat gene...
Despite the initial success, the researchers remain extremely cautious. Though only one patient experienced mild and transient nausea and vomiting, doctors worry about administering a toxic anticancer drug forlong periods. Another concern: What other genes are being altered? A fear is that the drug approach may inadvertently switch on recently discovered cancer genes that apparently lie dormant in most people. Nonetheless, noted Hematologist Edward Benz of Yale University School of Medicine, who wrote an accompanying editorial in the NEJM, "this research represents a major new step in treating disease and demonstrates beyond doubt that genetic manipulation has come...