Word: thins
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Adding to the problems of the Carter Administration were signs last week that the patience of the American public was wearing thin. A New York Times-CBS News poll reported that the public disapproved of the President's handling of the Iran crisis by 49 to 43; only a month earlier the President had had an approval rating of 63 to 28. Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana, a conservative Republican with close ties to Minority Leader Howard Baker, called for strong action against Iran, including the internment of its diplomats, seizure of Iranian government assets, suspension of trade...
...Isaacs and Lindenmann had the answer by early the next year, a remarkably quick solution to a major scientific puzzle. In a series of experiments, they took pieces of the thin membranes that line the inside of chicken eggshells, grew them in a nutrient solution, and exposed them to influenza viruses. When they added other viruses to the culture, they found that the cells resisted further infection. True to form, the first set of viruses seemed to be thwarting the attack of the second. The researchers next removed all traces of viruses and chicken cells, leaving only the culture brew...
...weeks into the pregnancy, is done under a local anesthetic. Doctors scan the woman with pulsed sound waves to locate the fetus, the umbilical cord and the placenta. After making a small incision in the abdomen, they insert into the uterus and the amniotic sac a pencil-lead-thin tube containing an endoscope with fiber-optic bundles that transmit light. This enables the physicians to see tiny areas of the fetus. By inserting biopsy forceps into the tube, doctors can take a 1-mm (.04 in.) skin sample from the fetus. They prefer to excise it from the head, where...
...singling out members of the choir. The quality is generally good, and what I single out probably says more about me than the album. There are any number of nice things I might say in addition. And there are, of course, flaws. Sometimes the singing is a little thin, sometimes a little restrained--you wish they'd let loose more. The recitations do nothing for me, and the chant, "Blessed Are Those Who Struggle," is more thematically important than listenable...
...checkered sportscoat and thin tie, Boudreaux resembles any other well-healed businessman with an office on Main St. USA. He even belongs to Carville's own Lion's Club chapter, and he has the organization's insignia emblazoned on his desk neameplate to prove...