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...technique called fetoscopy to obtain a sample of the baby's blood. They make an incision in the woman's abdomen, then insert a tubular fiber-optic device to locate one of the baby's blood vessels on the placenta. Using a tiny needle, they withdraw a few drops of the baby's blood, which is analyzed by radioimmunoassay techniques for factor VIII. To date, investigators have used the experimental procedure on eight women, all of whom had family histories of severe hemophilia. In four cases the tests showed that the fetus carried almost none...
When one considers pressing corporations to withdraw from South Africa one should have a clear idea as to what that means. This problem was referred to by President Bok at the very close. Withdrawal means, in most cases, selling at a distress price to a Japanese or European firm whose attitude toward apartheid is apt to be worse, not better. The money thus realized must be invested for several years in South African government securities paying an interest rate about half that of the market. In other words, one must pay a ransom of some 40% of the sale price...
...meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, President Bok, purporting to add a new "strand of complexity" to the South Africa debate, read a letter from a prominent clerygman asserting that it is, in fact, virtually impossible for multinational firms to "withdraw" from South Africa. Presumably, we are to infer from this that the efforts of the international anti-apartheid movement are futile...
...crude that a refinery processes, the company must make a payment into an entitlement pool. The payment raises the price of each barrel of domestic oil halfway up to the cost of more expensive OPEC crude. At the same time, any refinery that imports costlier OPEC crude gets to withdraw an equal amount from the pool. For example, a refinery that buys domestic oil for, say, $9.45 a bbl. would pay about $2.50 to the fund; a refinery that imports foreign oil for $14.55 would then collect that $2.50. Observes Oil Economist Arnold Safer: "The entitlements program, in effect, gives...
...cable now reaches. Superstations, however, are running into furious opposition from conventional broadcasters and their allies in the sports and entertainment worlds. MCA-Universal and Paramount are balking at selling any of their TV shows to Turner's Atlanta station, and the Los Angeles Dodgers are threatening to withdraw broadcast rights from KTTV if that Los Angeles station also goes on the satellite...