Word: targetting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Both Reagan and Thatcher oppose a compromise that would permit extradition when crimes have been committed against civilians, but allow sanctuary when the target is military. At week's end the British were watching closely to see which way the Senate would vote. "Rejection will be seen as providing sanctuary for murderers and thugs," warned a Thatcher aide. "There will be tremendous anger...
...theory is that Levine was plugged into a network of arbitragers, the investors who speculate on takeover battles. The arbs, as they are called, typically buy shares in a takeover target after a merger bid is announced. They hope to make a quick profit because rival suitors may start a bidding contest and drive up the price of the stock. Some arbs seem to know about proposed takeovers before they are announced...
Despite the SEC's stepped-up enforcement, many Wall Streeters believe that the investment world is still rife with insider trading. They note that in scores of mergers, including General Electric-RCA, Capital Cities-ABC and Philip Morris-General Foods, a run-up in the price of the target company's shares proves that many investors bought stock based on advance knowledge of the deal...
When HTLV-III invades the body it infects certain white blood cells and, possibly, other cells vital to the body's defense and maintenance. The primary target known to scientists is the T-helper lymphocyte, called "the general" of white blood cells because it helps orchestrate the body's defense. The AIDS virus entwines itself in the fundamental genetic material at the cell's nucleus, where it uses the cell's own mechanisms to reproduce many-fold. The viruses then destroy that cell and escape to invade others...
Hirsch is currently conducting a study of cofactors to determine whether the effect of the HTLV-III virus is exaggerated by certain lifestyles or diseases that target the immune system. For nearly four years, Hirsch and his MGH team have been following 170 gay men in the Boston area, seeing them at regular three-month intervals. This study, begun before scientists had discovered HTLV-III, was originally designed to determine the cause of AIDS. Although they have not yet formulated any conclusions, Hirsch says they will continue to study cofactors, placing special emphasis on the herpes group viruses which often...