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...Lewis E. Wai berg Haverh II, Mass...
...that several specific genetic defects occurring in human cells cause beta thalassemia, an incurable blood disorder that can lead to anemia, bone deformation and early death. The problem has been to find a way to reprogram the errant genetic messages. Now a series of experiments, directed by Dr. Yuet Wai Kan of the University of California at San Francisco, has brought researchers a step closer to a cure for one type of the disease...
Seawell's successor was not named, al though high on the list of possibilities will be William Wai trip, 43, a seasoned Pan Am executive who has been promoted to president. The post had been vacant since last November when Dan A. Colussy, 50, was ousted after a series of battles with Seawell. The job would have been filled sooner, but there were few eager takers...
...official euphemism for orphans, and they were eerily silent, showing neither tears nor smiles. The First Lady bent over and whispered to a girl of about six, but the child stared back uncomprehendingly. When she left the tent, waving, only one child responded with the traditional Indochinese Wai greeting, which involves holding the hands together in a praying position under the chin...
...final decision to proceed wai thus not a maniacal eruption of irrationality as the uproar afterward sought to imply. It was taken carefully, with much hesitation, by a man who had to discipline his nerves almost