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...Missing, Abducted and Thrown-Away Children in America, far fewer -- 3,200 to 4,600 minors a year -- are seized by strangers. Most victims are teenagers; contrary to media coverage, a disproportionate number are black or Hispanic. Only 300 of the abductions are classic kidnappings involving overnight captivity, transport of more than 50 miles, and ransom or murder. The number of kidnap-murders has fluctuated between 50 and 150 a year for at least 17 years. Allen estimates that 1993 will...
...toughest tricks is getting genes into the right spot in the body. Up to now, researchers have generally used benign viruses to carry the genetic material DNA into cells, but there are fears that the seemingly nonthreatening transport vehicles could sometimes cause viral infections. Last week scientists at the University of Michigan and the University of Pittsburgh reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they had succeeded in injecting DNA directly into human cells. Instead of riding a virus, the DNA was encased in liposomes, harmless little bubbles...
Berry says these tunnels run parallel to Memorial Drive, and are used to transport food from the central kitchen to each of the dining halls...
...farmer in the remote bush of nineteenth century New Zealand whom she has never met. Together with her nine-year-old daughter Flora (Anna Paquin) and her piano, Ada makes the long voyage by sea from Scotland to New Zealand. When Stewart arrives to meet her, he refuses to transport her piano to their house, leaving it on the beach...
...will serve Atlanta ($71) and Boston ($46) from Philadelphia. These low prices are now the benchmarks: the major airlines' profitability will be determined by their ability to match them. "You can only get into the black by increasing revenues or lowering costs," says Tim Neale of the Air Transport Association of America...