Word: taking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...present, the IWC takes a rough guess at the numbers of a species and, using little more than simple arithmetic, decides how many whales can be killed without endangering the population's survival. But many scientists argue that the calculations should take other factors into account. Some of these marine mammals are believed to be monogamous, and the slaughter of one whale may break up a family unit, with a drastic effect on breeding. Since certain species have the largest brains of any creatures, they may be intelligent enough to fear such sounds as ships' propellers, even...
...Trust, which has been keeping tabs on the fat cat population for marketing purposes for the past decade, reached its conclusions on the basis of a computer model that it developed; its calculations take into account assessments of population growth, earnings trends and money-market performance. According to Vice President Rodney Woods, the difference between today's millionaires and those of the past goes beyond numbers. Says he: "Historically the greatest proportion of millionaires had inherited wealth. In recent years, that proportion has sharply diminished...
...Rogers of Bay City, Mich., has taken the theory a step further by performing double mastectomies on women who had no apparent signs of the disease but were judged prone to cancer because of family history, breast tissue characteristics and other clues. The key question: Are women who take this drastic step better off than others who simply wait...
...upset that it took a couple of minutes before he could utter a word. 'I hate to see a grown man cry, but I didn't blame him,' Searcy said later. The captain was 'surprised' that some of the pilots didn't take the battle into their own hands and drop bombs against orders."He 'wouldn't have blamed them...
...throwback to the fighting love stories Hollywood used to do in the 1930s: hero and heroine take an instant dislike to each other, then find grounds for affection in the course of squabbling their way through the picture. In this case the premise involves a successful perfume manufacturer (this ties in with Streisand's famous proboscis-get it?) whose accountant has absconded with all her assets except an inactive prizefighter (Ryan O'Neal). The boxer had been kept on the payroll as a tax loss, which suited him just fine since boxing was the sort of sport...