Word: testing
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...description with clearly delegated authority to enforce AA. There will also be an educational forum January 13th to introduce students to TFAA and AA. As the Task Force views it, key struggles for building the student movement must be 1) the opposition to the attacks on AA (the test case being at Harvard for the rest of the nation), 2) the determination of a replacement for Walter Leonard and formal, direct input into the AA structure of this University, 3) the demand for a new AA plan, 4) development of the struggle for greater recruitment, admissions and financial aid programs...
...keystone policy, and Carter intends to try to drive a harder bargain than either Nixon or Ford. He does not want to continue to give the Russians the benefits of trade with the U.S. unless they give more on the political front to ease international tensions. The first test of the Soviets' intentions will be their performance when the SALT II talks are resumed (no date has been set as yet). Carter hopes to conclude a 10% reduction in the current ceilings for strategic missiles and heavy bombers. Though the Soviets publicly insist that they will not make political concessions...
...energy, pacing and abundance of detail, this story resembles The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1968). Wolfe's finest book and the keenest look at the psychedelic '60s yet written. These works suggest that his strongest card may not be satire at all. As entertaining as he is when he stands on the beach and points, Wolfe is most valuable when he journeys inside the whale...
...remarkable new vaccine, which World Health Organization officials describe as a "fantastic breakthrough" in the campaign against rabies, has passed another milestone test. Writing in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a team of U.S. and Iranian doctors last week reported that they recently administered the vaccine in a series of only six shots to 45 Iranians who had been bitten by rabid animals-nine by wolves and 36 by dogs. Not a single victim developed rabies or showed a severe allergic reaction. Reason: the new vaccine, unlike the old, is cultured in human rather than animal cells. Thus...
...decade in development by Philadelphia's Wistar Institute, the vaccine is licensed only for clinical trials in the U.S. But the latest results, following a similarly successful test in West Germany, should hasten the day when it is sanctioned by the Food and Drug Administration for any American who has been nipped by a possibly rabid animal...