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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mayor's office, Miriani seemed to be an institution. He had the support not only of Detroit's daily newspapers but of civic leaders ranging from labor officials to Henry Ford II to Democratic Senator Patrick McNamara. Opposing Miriani in the nonpartisan election was an unknown named Jerome P. Cavanagh, 33, a lawyer who had never before run for public office. At first, Cavanagh's chief political asset seemed to be his photogenic wife and six children. But as the campaign progressed, Cavanagh developed a big issue: the economic health of Detroit...
Virus particles have been found in some human cancers, but this does not prove that they caused the disease. Some tumor viruses invade an animal, yet they disappear for months or years, and then belatedly cause cancer. The hows and whys of this latent period are unknown. One partial explanation may lie in the ability of new "provirus" particles to remain undetected in cells, doing no evident damage until they are stimulated by chemicals or X rays. The important thing is that these nucleic-acid molecules can be infective by themselves, with no assist from the protein that normally accompanies...
...resolve their dilemmas. Three years ago, his first full-length play, The Birthday Party, was greeted by a chorus of derision from London critics and ran for only a week before audiences averaging 20 people. But Pinter's drab and isolated rooms, surrounded by the menace of the unknown and the uncontrollable, gradually seemed less obscure. The Birthday Party was revived with great success, and was also performed on commercial TV. Two one-acters, The Room and The Dumb Waiter, played for eight weeks in a limited run. The Caretaker was the London drama critics' choice...
Ostensible reason for honoring Luthuli was his steadfast advocacy of nonviolence in leading the fight against South Africa's racial discrimination. But by giving the prize to a black who is almost unknown outside South Africa, the Nobel Committee made a clearly political award that deliberately rebuked the racial extremism of Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd's government. Calling the award a "smack in the face," Johannesburg's die Transvaler bitterly complained about the "spirit of enmity toward a country that has in no way harmed Norway and Sweden." Luthuli was jubilant. "Thank God for it," he said...
...general, the etymologies have been shortened; but, in one case, at least, there is an example of simple ignorance. The editors list "posh" as having an "unknown origin." Actually, it is quite well known that "posh" is an abbreviation for "port out, starboard home." It is supposed to have referred to the luxury accommodations on ships between England and India in the heyday of the Empire...