Word: vitality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Because the X chromosome is so much bigger than the Y, women with two Xs have 4% more genetic material-the vital deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA-than men. Geneticists have speculated that this might explain women's longer life span. Whether or not the speculation proves correct, the genetic mosaicism reflected in red blood cells definitely gives women an inherent advantage over...
...French government was impressed by Schinasi's story, but not in quite the way he expected. Last week he was being tried for threatening the security of the state, faced a possible 20-year sentence. His attorney, arguing that Schinasi had not handed any vital information to the Russians, asked that his luckless client be acquitted because "this isn't really an espionage case. It is more of a swindle...
Educational is not quite the word it nor intellectual, nor documentary, nor esthetic, but with a subtle amalgam of these things, so-called educational television appeals strongly to what Garroway calls "a vital minority." The programs are sometimes tedious, with academic hairsplitting that would thrill a graduate seminar But from Pablo Casals' cello lessons to Photographer Ernst Haas's presentations on The Art of Seeing, WNDT is so loaded with rewarding material that many people have bought television sets for first time in order not to miss it. In its first three months, New York's Channel...
...Saud, when revolution in neighboring Yemen threatened Saudi Arabia's feudal regime. "We are discouraging unnecessary luxury and wast," said Prince Feisal last week in his Red Palace in the capital city of Riyadh. "We have stopped playing with money. We are now devoting all our resources to vital and beneficial projects and, thanks to Allah, we have great resources: nearly 50 billion barrels in proven oil reserves and $400 million in yearly revenues...
...Standard Oil of New Jersey is in the middle of a four-year installation of its URS (Uniform Reporting System). URS will keep worldwide tabs on all Standard's "dollars, barrels and people." and for management's benefit will separate out the statistics vital to top-level decision making...