Word: transmitting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...investigators speculated that Kramer had made two critical mistakes: he had not sought permission by radio to enter the restricted area; and although his radar transponder was on, as required, it was not equipped to transmit the mandatory altitude information. John Lauber, heading the investigation for the National Transportation Safety Board, reported that the controller said he did not recall seeing the Piper's blip. Even if he had seen it, said Lauber, "if he doesn't have altitude information, then it's a reasonable assumption for him that the aircraft is not operating in the terminal control area...
...have been found in the genes of more than 50 varieties of insects from Africa. The report's author, Jean-Claude Chermann, rushed to assure the public that insects almost certainly pose no threat to humans, but a trigger-happy French press jumped to its own conclusions. MOSQUITOES COULD TRANSMIT AIDS VIRUS, headlined France- Soir...
There was a dissenting voice, however. In poverty-stricken Belle Glade, Fla., Dr. Mark Whiteside hailed the French finding as confirmation that insects could transmit AIDS and may be that area's chief cause of infection. Belle Glade (pop. 19,000) has a higher percentage of AIDS victims than Manhattan. The Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control has studied mosquito- ridden Belle Glade and attributes the AIDS rate to sexual activity or drug use. But, claims Whiteside, director of the area's Tropical Disease Clinic, many victims "are older individuals who are way past their sexually active years." He acknowledges...
...only 62 lbs., her hair is falling out, and she is showing unmistakable signs of mental derangement. The source of the woman's suffering: the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, virus. Doctors at the home want to delay her release, fearing that if she returns to prostitution, she will transmit the AIDS virus to her clients...
...replacing them. ROVs became popular during the 1973 oil crisis, when companies were forced to search for new petroleum reserves beneath the sea. Most are self-propelled. They are connected to the mother ship by a cable, through which they receive electricity and commands from their human pilot and transmit pictures and data. It was an advanced ROV, the Gemini, that played a key role in the recovery of wreckage from the space shuttle Challenger. Designed to operate at depths as great as 5,000 ft., the 7,000-lb. ungainly craft uses hydraulic thrusters to maneuver like an underwater...