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269_0 | Tower of Pisa Leans A Little More in '86 | LEAD: The computers that keep track of this city's medieval tower indicate that it leaned a bit more than usual in 1986, an Italian professor said today. The computers that keep track of this city's medieval tower indicate that it leaned a bit more than usual in 1986, an Italian professor said today. Prof. Giuseppe Ton... |
6205_0 | Let's Warm Up Relations With Eastern Europe | LEAD: A very strong case can now be made for reinvigorating United States relations with Eastern Europe. The region is at a critical juncture, and the Administration has made a timely appointment in giving a high-level State Department official - Deputy Secretary of State John C. Whitehead - special responsibility for ... |
8226_1 | U.S. SEEKS DELAY ON NUCLEAR DUMP | Mississippi River, but last May the Administration said it was postponing ''indefinitely'' geological studies leading to construction in any of 17 states under consideration in the East and Upper Middle West. Waste from the nation's 100 nuclear plants is currently stored at individual plant sites in canisters submerged... |
8221_1 | HEAVY BURDEN OF COLLEGE DEBT RAISES ANXIETY FOR YOUNG FAMILIES' FUTURE | than he can expect to earn in a year, assuming he gets a job next summer. The average annual salary for recent liberal arts graduates is $17,300, the Education Department says. If Mr. Kaplan goes to law school instead, which he has considered, he would probably raise his prospective earnings but also his cumulative deb... |
2610_5 | MUSEUM HOPPING IN ATHENS | brought this Greek ideal within reach, making it possible to cross the cultural gap between the quotidian and the sublime simply by walking through its door. A state-of-the-art building and display facilities present the private collection of the late Nicholas P. Goulandris, a shipping magnate, and his wife, Dolly, a w... |
2634_2 | AIR-FILLED MISS LIBERTY IS LOFTY AND ALOFT | got the idea for the Statue of Liberty balloon in March of 1985, and spent the next six months just planning how such a balloon would be constructed. He worked countless nights and weekends, drawing the plans on draft paper. ''We wanted to keep the size and shape accurate, right down to her feet and fingers,'' he said.... |
2674_0 | Howard Beach Turns a Beam on Racial Tensions | LEAD: To the Editor: To the Editor: The reference to John Rawls in ''Fear of Blacks, Fear of Crime'' (editorial, Dec. 28) would illustrate the risks of misunderstanding philosophy, were it not so obviously an effort to bolster a position reached on nonphilosophical grounds. You say that the Rawls principle that ''No on... |
2835_3 | STATES ARE MAKING RECYCLING A MUST | six months from the its signing to come up with plans for composting leaves and recycling at least three other materials. It also appropriates $8 million to help defray start-up costs. The counties must find markets for the recycled waste, and while it is relatively easy to sell paper and aluminum, work is needed to fi... |
2803_4 | COAST GUARD BOARDINGS PROVOKE COAST FISHERMEN | to be herded to the stern in bitter weather and have to ask permission to go to the bathroom. We're not criminals.'' But Charles Juliand, an attorney for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which enforces maritime law said, ''Fishing is a highly regulated industry and those in it must expect less priva... |
2578_0 | Immigrants | LEAD: To the Editor: Barry R. Chiswick (''A Troubling Drop in Immigrant 'Quality', '' Forum, Dec. 21) claims that an immigration policy that favors ''productive applicants'' would ease the competition between America's native minorities and newly arrived unskilled immigrants for low-skilled jobs. To the Editor: Barry R... |
2869_2 | ABOUT BOOKS | that it poignantly illustrates that the label ''learning difficulties'' is often inadequate in describing children (for example, Joey, a bright 7-year-old overwhelmed both by ''a disorganized classroom'' and by ''tension at home''). Along with remedial help, Mrs. MacCracken ranks love and ''a safe place somewhere in th... |
2512_0 | LANGUAGE IS SMARTER THAN WE ARE | LEAD: I THINK it is past time to put aside other business and to turn our energies to the remystification of virtually everything. I am as firmly persuaded as anyone that things can be explained, or usefully described, but I am convinced that our methods at this point are crude, and premature, and that they lead us to ... |
4052_1 | HIJACKING SUSPECT ARRESTED BY BONN | Thursday, said the fourth suspect, whose name remained under court seal, had boarded the T.W.A. plane when it was at the Beirut airport on June 14, 1985, and had ''directed and participated in the hijacking.'' ] According to the German sources, the Arab arrested in Frankfurt had intended to enter West Germany, where it... |
3981_2 | PARTIAL ANTIMISSILE DEPLOYMENT WEIGHED | land and in space that would destroy their targets by direct collision. Some of these ''kinetic kill'' weapons have already been tested successfully. Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger, who this week has repeatedly endorsed a relatively quick deployment of a defense based partly in space, told an audience today at ... |
6462_0 | America, the U.N. and China's Family Planning | LEAD: In November, I led a Congressional delegation to China to study China's family planning program and to discuss with Chinese officials charges that the Government was using coercion and forced abortion to reduce the population growth rate. In November, I led a Congressional delegation to China to study China's fam... |
6609_2 | AFTER 85 YEARS, THE ERA OF BIG DAMS NEARS END | fiscal difficulties and the growing challenge to big Federal construction projects on economic as well as environmental grounds also raise questions about the future role, if any, of the Reclamation Bureau, once existing projects are completed. The agency was formed by Congress in 1902 to provide water needed to reclai... |
6647_0 | 2 CAMP SHOWS LOOK AHEAD TO SUMMER | LEAD: It's midwinter, and that means it's time to think about summer camps. Two camp shows are scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 1, where parents and children can meet directors and staff members of camps and summer programs, and find out what they offer and what it all costs. It's midwinter, and that means it's time to think... |
6552_0 | SNOW AT KENNEDY CREATES HEAT IN FLIGHT OVER TEXAS | LEAD: The snowstorm over New York caused something of a tempest in a jumbo jet over Texas early this morning. The snowstorm over New York caused something of a tempest in a jumbo jet over Texas early this morning. The pilot of an Aeromexico DC-10 that left Mexico City for New York with 276 passengers found he could not... |
1211_0 | NEWS SUMMARY: MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1987 | LEAD: International International A3-9 Cardinal O'Connor met in Jerusalem with Israel's President, Chaim Herzog, at his mansion. The inability to agree on a site for the meeting had strained relations between the Cardinal and his Israeli hosts. Page A1 The Vatican described the meetings between the Cardinal and Israeli... |
5259_12 | EXCERPTS FROM REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT NEW LAW ON ALIENS | of financial responsibility. Acceptable supporting documents for these three categories are discussed below. (1) Proof of Identity: Evidence to establish identity is listed below in descending order of preference: (i) Passport; (ii) Birth Certificate; (iii) Driver's license; (iv) Baptismal Record/Marriage Certificate; ... |
5259_13 | EXCERPTS FROM REGULATIONS TO CARRY OUT NEW LAW ON ALIENS | from employers must also include: (A) alien's address; (B) exact period of employment; (C) periods of layoff; (D) duties with the company; and (E) whether or not the information was taken from official company records. (ii) Utility bills (gas, electric, phone, etc.), receipts, or letters from companies showing the date... |
4619_0 | WHEN STUDENTS ALSO HOLD JOBS | LEAD: THOSE who track the efforts of the United States Department of Education to stem the ''rising tide of mediocrity'' characterizing American education may know that, under the department's aegis, a new report (completed by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching) has just been released. THOSE who tr... |
4700_0 | VERMONT TOWN STRUGGLES TO REBOUND | LEAD: In Windsor, where the Green Mountains fall away to meet the Connecticut River and the local diner still has a roast beef special for $2.75, economic bad news, like snow, has become part of the landscape. In Windsor, where the Green Mountains fall away to meet the Connecticut River and the local diner still has a ... |
4865_1 | WERE THESE PEOPLE PROPERTY? | delivered them to a merchant in Havana. There two Spaniards, Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montes, bought 49 of the surviving adults and four children and set out in the Amistad to take them as slaves to Puerto Rico, then a Spanish colony. The Africans mutinied, killed the captain and the cook and, holding Ruiz and Montes at kni... |
4453_6 | PRACTICAL TRAVELER: CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS HEAD COMPLAINTS ON AIRLINES | plane. There was more delay while it was decided which of several volunteers would get off.'' Airline officials say most problems are resolved amicably on the spot. If this proves impossible, for instance, if your baggage is missing, it is important to notify the appropriate representative promptly and fill out a form.... |
4494_1 | OF NEW ISSUES, CONTINUING SERIES AND FIRST DAY COVERS | will be featured in the popular Transportation series. It will be the 27th since the antique vehicles set began in 1981. It will be issued Jan. 24 in Tucson, Ariz., as part of the annual Aripex stamp show. The new stamp has an 8.5-cent face value which meets the basic rate for nonprofit third class mail. Since automobi... |
4616_1 | For Immigrants, a Rough Road | while earnings of new immigrants were lower than those of comparably situated native workers, earnings of immigrants who had been here for more than a decade exceeded those of native workers of the same age, education and so on. FOR years, the prevailing wisdom on how immigrants fare in the labor market has been based ... |
4861_1 | GOOD SEX AT HOME IN ANCIENT ROME | philosophy to sociology do offer a good survey of the many epistemological controversies and approaches Foucault inspired or exacerbated. Some of the contributors were friends who agreed with Foucault; some were critics, who here continue long-standing opposition. The collection will enable long-time Foucault readers t... |
4827_4 | COLLEGES PRODDED TO PROVE WORTH | academic tests, graduates' success in obtaining employment, the school's plans for improving instruction, and other factors, as well as the subjective judgments of students, alumni and employers. Under a point system, colleges that do well can earn up to a 5 percent increase in their state appropriations. Colorado will... |
4459_0 | PRESERVING AMERICA'S PAST | LEAD: Scarcely a major city in the United States has not been touched, or even transformed, by preservation. From coast to coast, the impulse to save old buildings - from the gabled house on Main Street, to the Beaux-Arts railroad terminal - has helped to preserve the past, and provide an anchor for our collective memo... |
2906_0 | Forest for Klinghoffer Is Dedicated in Israel | LEAD: Deputy Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani of Italy dedicated a forest in Israel today in memory of Leon Klinghoffer, the elderly American Jew killed in the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro cruise ship. Deputy Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani of Italy dedicated a forest in Israel today in memory of Leon Klinghoffer, ... |
7615_1 | Federal Plan Threatens National Rain Forest in Puerto Rico | serves as headwaters for major rivers that provide the water supply to more than 200,000 people. The forest is linked to the cultural heritage of Puerto Rico and provides a magnificent recreational area for Puerto Ricans and thousands of visitors. Many scientific studies that have greatly contributed to our understandi... |
7654_0 | MACARTHUR FUND GIVES HELP TO FAMILY-PLANNING GROUPS | LEAD: The MacArthur Foundation of Chicago has awarded $5.7 million in grants for population control activities, including one to promote soap operas carrying the family planning message to millions in third world countries. The MacArthur Foundation of Chicago has awarded $5.7 million in grants for population control ac... |
1340_0 | Power Test in France | LEAD: This week, French commentators say, will be decisive in determining if the Government can weather the current storm of labor protest or if it will face upheaval with serious economic consequences. This week, French commentators say, will be decisive in determining if the Government can weather the current storm o... |
1341_1 | Trade Doesn't Need Scapegoats | that some of our own practices are not above reproach. In 1981, the United States enjoyed a $11 billion trade surplus with the European Community. By 1985, we suffered a $22 billion deficit. Similarly, in 1981, developing countries accounted for nearly 58 percent of our merchandise exports; by 1985, that share had dwin... |
1330_0 | Leukemia and Overeating | LEAD: Researchers have found evidence suggesting that the incidence of leukemia in people exposed to radiation can be reduced by limiting their food intake. The evidence has come from experiments with mice at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in the Bronx. Previous studies there had shown that tumor growth can... |
1361_0 | CONFRONTATION IN FRENCH RAIL STRIKE: | LEAD: Riot police preventing strikers from entering a station in Nice yesterday, 19th day of a strike that has paralyzed nation's rail network. Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, faced with threats of other strikes, ruled out any concessions that would endanger his anti-inflation policies. (Reuters) Riot police preventing ... |
1416_3 | Talking Business with Asklund of Data Resources; Growth Seen For Farm Belt | in 1987, 1988 and 1989. Q. How does the employment picture look? A. We expect employment growth for the region as a whole to be 2.2 percent, just a shade slower than the 2.3 percent growth in employment we see for the nation as a whole. In the region's major cities, however, employment is going to be growing between ei... |
1053_5 | A THICKER FOREIGN ACCENT | for jobs that do not require Ph.D.'s, while pursuing a doctorate usually means scraping by on the thin salary of a teaching assistantship. An American with an undergraduate degree in engineering doesn't need a Ph.D. to get a good job, said Mr. Harford, ''and he is not willing to take it on the chin financially'' to get... |
1055_13 | IT'S STANDING ROOM ONLY AT ROME STATE | considered ''mature'' enough to proceed on to institutions of higher learning. At University City, meanwhile, earlier turbulence has calmed down. Giovanna Nardi, now a high school teacher, muses that ''10 years ago my classmates in the philosophy and literature departments of University City put on crash helmets and gr... |
731_0 | WHAT PRICE FAME? | LEAD: In the year 1697 a tall young man named Peter, but not yet the Great, had some trouble in the Netherlands: He was mobbed by curious Dutch citizens who did not respect his wish for anonymity and privacy. When the Emperor of Russia sailed his boat on the IJssel, other craft would accost him. In a fury he drove away... |
1052_1 | NEW DIRECTIONS IN GEOGRAPHY | encouraged by the growing strength of geography as a discipline in many colleges and graduate schools. But they acknowledge that they have their work cut out for them in their efforts to raise the standards of teaching geography in the elementary and secondary schools. Geography has been in the shadows for so long that... |
977_0 | The Disabled | LEAD: To the Editor: ''For the Disabled'' (Q & A, Dec. 7) left out mention of Mobility International USA, a national nonprofit organization, whose purpose is to promote and facilitate international educational exchange and recreational travel experiences for people with disabilities. To the Editor: ''For the Disabled''... |
763_0 | WOMEN'S ACHIEVEMENTS HONORED | LEAD: A trickle of stamps honoring women has turned into a steady stream befitting their emerging role in society and the history of nations. Last year, United States issues honored black human rights advocate Sojourner Truth and women's rights activist Belva Ann Lockwood. A more traditional role was depicted on a Big ... |
1056_6 | SHE HAS HAMPSHIRE FEELING FRISKY AGAIN | annual sales of $3.5 million. Another graduate, Roger Sherman, who studied film making at Hampshire, started his own documentary film company, which has won three Academy Award nominations. Unlike Bennington, which embarked on a costly program to build new facilities in the 1970's and has been stuck with a huge debt, M... |
999_0 | Special Education | LEAD: To the Editor: To the Editor: Jane Perlez's review of ''The Magic Feather: The Truth About 'Special Education' '' by Lori Granger and Bill Granger (Dec. 7) states that this book ''should prove a useful resource to parents.'' Certainly its exposure of the misdiagnosis and misplacement of special education students... |
1057_4 | Why EdSpeak Endures | ''W.'' Attention deficit. Your daughter is a world-class pain who draws hearts and arrows on her notebook cover while I'm up there reviewing the Articles of Confederation. By the way, if D.D. is who I think he is, you've really got a problem. Controlled language texts. Quasi-stories written neither to instruct nor deli... |
4413_2 | ECUADOR TROOPS KIDNAP PRESIDENT AND TRADE HIM FOR FAILED GENERAL | plane from Quito this morning, said that as Mr. Febres Cordero and the others stepped onto the tarmac they were greeted by a military band. Moments later, he said, gun shots rang out and someone yelled, ''everybody down.'' China Cuts Trade Deficit BEIJING, Jan. 16 (AP) - China's foreign trade deficit dropped 31.6 perce... |
6969_1 | W.H.O. INCREASING ANTI-SMOKING FUND | been limited by a lack of money. 'A Change in Attitudes' ''The important thing right now is that there has been a change in attitudes,'' he said in an interview. ''This could allow us to begin more activities and can thus be seen as a good move.'' Despite its position that smoking and other tobacco use is the single mo... |
7151_4 | ROGUES' CONTINENT | social fabric. . . . Here lay its peculiar modernity, its prediction of the vaster, more efficient techniques of social destruction which would be perfected a century later in Russia. However, it failed. Transportation did not stop crime in London or even slow it down.'' In the contemptuous cohesion of the convicts lay... |
7032_2 | TOURS AND LECTURES TO TELL TALE OF 6 SHIPS | and open to tourists, the group will hear Dr. Rosenberg, an associate professor at the Naval War College in Newport, R.I., who said he will ''relate the revolution that the Nautilus represented in naval warfare to what exists today.'' He will describe how nuclear weapons like those carried on the submarine have changed... |
7861_2 | UGANDA, AT PEACE, IS FACING ECONOMIC BATTLES | about $500,000 in foreign exchange, the result of profligate spending on arms and staggering corruption in the Government headed by Mr. Obote and Maj. Gen. Tito Okello, which Mr. Museveni's National Resistance Army ousted last January. $1.6 Billion Foreign Debt Ugandan and Western economic specialists say that of the $... |
7736_0 | FOR THE BUYER, PICKING TASTE OVER LOOKS | LEAD: ORGANICALLY grown foods are usually labeled as such. Whether or not they actually are organic is another matter; consumers should ask to see verification. ORGANICALLY grown foods are usually labeled as such. Whether or not they actually are organic is another matter; consumers should ask to see verification. Beyo... |
7732_0 | THE FRESH APPEAL OF FOODS GROWN ORGANICALLY | LEAD: IF any one event focused public attention on the hazards of chemical contaminants in food, it was the poisoning in 1985 of thousands of watermelons with the pesticide aldicarb. ''It seemed to crystallize consumer and producer awareness, because there were so many people who got so acutely sick,'' said Mark Lipson... |
7717_0 | ANTONE ATALLAH | LEAD: Antone Atallah, a former Foreign Minister and a Member of Parliament, died today, his family said. He was 89 years old. Mr. Atallah was a member of Jordan's lower house of Parliament for the Jerusalem district and later as a member of the Senate, the upper house. Mr. Atallah, born in Jerusalem of a Greek Orthodox... |
7919_0 | Champagne Customers | LEAD: Britain is the world's leading importer of champagne, the Champagne Bureau said today. Shipments to Britain totaled 16.1 million bottles last year, up 5 percent from 1985. The United States ranked second with imports of 14.85 million bottles, up 4.4 percent. Britain is the world's leading importer of champagne, t... |
5933_2 | The Beira Corridor | be 18 months more before the berths are deep enough. The docks are old and crumbling. The cranes were built in the 1920's, and half of them are out of operation. And normal life in Beira is difficult. The main electricity supply line has been out for months, cut by the guerrillas; generators provide about half the usua... |
5994_0 | THEORY ON CALCIUM AND BONE LOSS IS DISPUTED | LEAD: Consuming extra calcium appears to have little effect on aging bones, even though it is often recommended as a way to protect older women from fractures, a new study indicates. Consuming extra calcium appears to have little effect on aging bones, even though it is often recommended as a way to protect older women... |
2289_2 | SATURDAY NEWS QUIZ | to enhancing fertility, medical experts have shown that a food poses a significant health risk, and a Federal district court ordered it banned from interstate sale. What food is it? 7. In separate votes that involved ideology and personality, an incumbent prevailed on a Senate committee and an incumbent was deposed on ... |
8664_1 | When NASA Knew of a Possible Shuttle Flaw | solve problems in solid-fuel rocket booster nozzle erosion and spacesuit pressure regulators; observation of underwater diving safety with solid rocket booster recovery teams; examination of bird-strike hazards at Kennedy Space Flight Center, and many others. The first time I became aware of any potential seal problem ... |
8722_2 | AT LONG LAST, A DRIVE TO RESTORE CITY HALL'S HISTORIC IMAGE | questions about the structural integrity of his bronze body. And he is not even visible any more, shrouded in the scaffolding used by those who are trying to assess the damage and determine what to do about it. Not a few citizens have noted the symbolism in this. ''A lot of the morale of the city is reflected in the co... |
8792_3 | RIVER DISPUTE DIVIDES TICONDEROGA | its mill outside the village, where it employs about 900 people. The company has negotiated an option to sell the project to Consolidated Hydro Inc., a power company based in Greenwich, Conn. If it exercises the option, Consolidated will buy the rights to the project for $5 million, then spend about $15 million to comp... |
498_0 | U.S. IS CURBING DUTY-FREE PROGRAM | LEAD: The Reagan Administration announced today that it was ending duty-free access on more than $3 billion in imports from Taiwan, South Korea and six other leaders among the developing countries. The Reagan Administration announced today that it was ending duty-free access on more than $3 billion in imports from Taiw... |
1527_0 | FOOD NOTES | LEAD: Ban on Apples Responding to a six-month-long campaign by Ralph Nader's Washington-based Center for the Study of Responsive Law, six supermarket chains and nine food manufacturers have announced that they will refuse to sell or process apples treated with daminozide, a potential carcinogen used to promote uniform ... |
1599_3 | U.S. DESCRIBES DATA THAT SPY PROVIDED ISRAEL | Service. He was arrested in November 1985 as he attempted to gain asylum at the Israeli Embassy in Washington. Allegations Termed False His lawyer, Richard Hibey, said he had not yet read the sentencing memorandum. But he said that some of the Government's allegations were false and would be disputed ''vigorously.'' At... |
7291_1 | REORGANIZED CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS BATTLES A NEW SPLIT | only to have the congregations rebel. He Says Issue Is Broader ''The issue is much larger than ordination of women,'' said Joe Burkart 2d, presiding elder of a Grain Valley church and one of the most outspoken of the four dissident pastors. ''The main concern is the way the leadership has attempted to change the pastor... |
5556_4 | FUTURE SHOCKS: A NEW AUTO SUSPENSION SYSTEM | people want to put it into production.'' The $100,000 Lotus Etna planned for the early 1990's is expected to incorporate active suspension. While automotive journalists have raved about the benefits of active suspension on Lotus sports cars, Mr. Wright said the system was even more dramatic on what he calls ''big Yank ... |
3250_1 | FRENCH STRIKES: THE LINE BETWEEN PRESSURE AND PROVOCATION | have seen the strikes as evidence of something deeply wrong in this country, a sense that the consensus behind a long period of relative social harmony was breaking down. At the same time, however, the strikes seemed to take place within certain boundaries that prevented serious violence or disastrous consequences to s... |
5018_0 | Crime, Race, Prejudice, Fear | LEAD: In the aftermath of the Howard Beach incident, we must restate certain truths about the evil of racism, the need for racial tolerance and the importance of the fight against discrimination. But we will not advance racial understanding unless we also attempt to come to grips with the fear of crime in general and w... |
51657_4 | IT MAY TASTE LIKE VANILLA, BUT IS IT VANILLA? | until they yield juice that tastes close to the real thing. He said, however, that production of orange juice without growing oranges was still a long way off. Growing the cells is only one challenge. A larger one is to activate the proper genes to get the cells to produce the desired chemical. Scientists try adding ho... |
49453_1 | INTERNATIONAL EFFORT AIMS TO SAFEGUARD WILDLIFE TREASURES OF MADAGASCAR | Madagascar's biological wealth co-exists uneasily with great human poverty. The main threat to wildlife is not furriers, poachers or loggers. It is poor farmers who destroy habitat as they eke out a living, slashing and burning the forest to plant crops, cutting trees to obtain firewood and charcoal for cooking. The st... |
49457_0 | CLIMATE STUDY TESTS SATELLITE DATA | LEAD: IN one of the first undertakings of an international climate study, more than 100 scientists are gathering on a prairie in Kansas this summer to conduct experiments comparing ground measurements of temperature, soil moisture and vegetation condition with those made by orbiting spacecraft. IN one of the first unde... |
46604_0 | STRICT NEW RULES FOR AIRLINES ASKED | LEAD: Faced with mounting consumer complaints and moves in Congress to pass new laws, the Department of Transportation acted today to press airlines to improve baggage handling, operate closer to schedule and reduce cancellations. Faced with mounting consumer complaints and moves in Congress to pass new laws, the Depar... |
47576_1 | 43 YEARS OF ADVANCES IN ALTERED LIFE FORMS | able to purify fragments of DNA, tag the molecules with radioactive isotopes and analyze the fragments. #1973: Genetic Engineering In 1970, scientists developed proteins, or restriction enzymes, that cut DNA strands in precise locations. Three years later, Stanley N. Cohen of Stanford University and Herbert W. Boyer of... |
47567_9 | SCIENCE DEBATES USING TOOLS TO REDESIGN LIFE | years ago to halt the research that produced the rust-colored boar's father. They said the research was cruel, violated the innate dignity of animals and would have significant social and economic effects by producing bigger, more expensive animals that would cause dislocations in the farm economy. ''That kind of scien... |
45704_0 | AMBITIOUS AMAZON EXPEDITION PROBES FOREST'S ROLE IN GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE | LEAD: SHORTLY after dawn, the Electra climbed above the Amazon River, nudged through plumes and layers of steam, then bumped along just 500 feet over the jungle canopy. On board, a phalanx of scientists started probing the breath of the forest. SHORTLY after dawn, the Electra climbed above the Amazon River, nudged thro... |
53119_0 | Careers; Jobs Grow In Direct Marketing | LEAD: FOR college graduates seeking a job or middle managers who have lost jobs, a look at the list of growth industries can often provide a lead. High on the list right now is direct mail advertising. FOR college graduates seeking a job or middle managers who have lost jobs, a look at the list of growth industries can... |
53109_5 | HINTS OF MORE CLOUDINESS SPUR GLOBAL STUDY | surface. The researchers believe, although it has not been clearly established, that warmth may encourage the plankton's growth. Formation of Particles The plankton emit a sulfurous gas, dimethylsulfide. When it reaches the atmosphere, it reacts with oxygen to form aerosols, particles in the air. The particles, accordi... |
48207_5 | TEXT OF ECONOMIC DECLARATION BY 7 LEADING INDUSTRIAL NATIONS | view to achieving prompt and effective implementation of the agreed policy undertakings and commitments; * Monitor economic developments closely in cooperation with the managing director of the I.M.F.; and * Consider further improvements as appropriate to make the coordination process more effective. Trade 13. We note ... |
48199_1 | WORLD AIDS FIGHT IS URGED IN VENICE | themselves to a maximum effort to strengthen ''existing organizations by giving them full political support and by providing them with the necessary financial, personnel and administrative resources.'' ''The World Health Organization is the best forum for drawing together international efforts on a worldwide level to c... |
51331_1 | U.S., MEXICO DIFFER ON TRADE | ''send a message'' to Washington. But another, more serious incident, both sides agreed, stems directly from issues the United States wants resolved in any agreement. On April 1, the United States announced modifications of its Generalized System of Preferences program affecting 34 Mexican products, ranging from paper ... |
51300_2 | Careers; Computers Aid Student Job Search | and it is rare that the faculty advisers read it. If they do read some of the material, it is mainly for referrals for Ph.D's.'' Mrs. Lynn said she thought the big need was to help seniors looking for jobs. To put such a plan into effect would cost at least $25,000 at her campus, she added. Faculty members need to have... |
51287_6 | LONG-ABSENT WILDLIFE RETURNS TO CITY PARKS | from Cornell University and the Northeast Forestry Experiment Station in Syracuse, the Natural Resources Group first inventoried open space in the entire city and is now making elaborate ecological maps of each park. Analysis of Parks The park assessments begin with a detailed analysis of aerial photographs taken by th... |
52954_0 | BANKS' JOB PROGRAM FAILS TO FIND ENOUGH QUALIFIED STUDENTS | LEAD: A program developed by four New York City banks to hire the graduates of five troubled high schools at entry-level positions has failed to find enough qualified students this year. A program developed by four New York City banks to hire the graduates of five troubled high schools at entry-level positions has fail... |
52912_2 | In Tokyo, Rules for the Curbside Piles | out with noncombustible refuse several flashlight batteries, which are supposed to be discarded separately. That night, he found the batteries had been left neatly at curbside in a plastic bag. Although the collection rules would seem to lend themselves to an ambitious recycling program, Tokyo officials have shown litt... |
49276_3 | POLITICS AND PRAYER: WOMEN ON A CRUSADE | churchwomen had stuck their heads in the sand about the E.R.A.,'' she said. She and six friends decided to conduct a rally against the proposed amendment in a theater and got in touch with local churches. ''We were a churchgoing group and we were trying to reach Christian churchwomen,'' she said. ''That night we had 1,... |
49338_0 | Tire Fire Is Finally Out | LEAD: A spectacular fire amid two million cast-off tires was finally extinguished Saturday when bulldozers finished burying them in about three feet of dirt. The fire broke out Tuesday night when lightning struck a private salvage yard known as Tire Mountain, south of Platteville and about 40 miles north of Denver. A s... |
49290_1 | Advertising; McCann's Product Imaging | year and a half, does not mind attributing some of the office's success to luck, and on Friday, as he talked about it, you could see why. McCann, which has always had the reputation for creating image-type advertising rather than the more ''hard sell'' product-benefit type, is gaining from the longtime marketplace drif... |
49332_0 | VALUE OF COLLEGE ENDOWMENTS RISES | LEAD: The market value of college endowments has risen dramatically in the last few years because of the robust performance of the stock market, partially offsetting the effects of cuts in Federal aid. The market value of college endowments has risen dramatically in the last few years because of the robust performance ... |
49356_1 | Take the Abuse Out of the Information Revolution | as well as all persons and institutions playing the role of top predators in the economic food chain, consists in regulation of productive activities. Control operations need not be carried out at a faster rate than the controlled process; excessive speed only feeds speculation and buries sensible signals in static. Of... |
50068_1 | 20% OF MOCK WEAPONS SLIP BY IN TEST OF SECURITY AT AIRPORTS | Representative Cardiss Collins, the Illinois Democrat who heads the subcommittee, said: ''At some airports, security personnel detected over 90 percent of the weapons that F.A.A. inspectors tried to pass through passenger screening. At other airports, however, screeners detected less than one-half of the weapons that w... |
49928_2 | COCAINE FINDS A NEW ROUTE IN VENEZUELA | Colombia. Shift Occurred in 1984 Until around 1984, almost all the world's cocaine was being processed in Colombia from coca paste and base made from coca leaves grown in Peru and Bolivia. It was smuggled by ship or aircraft into Florida, the headquarters of a Colombian ring that distributed the drugs in the United Sta... |
48410_0 | Species Loyalty | LEAD: To the Editor: To the Editor: I'm glad they killed those polar bears. Yes, the bears that mangled and dismembered Juan Perez were not morally wrong. They did what nature programmed them to do. Yes, the boys were foolish and reckless. Boys generally are. And yes, Geraldine Ruthchild, the bears are indeed God's cre... |
48586_0 | The Polar Bears Had to Be Killed, for More Reasons Than One | LEAD: To the Editor: To the Editor: When Geraldine Ruthchild (letter June 4) says the recent killing of two polar bears in Brooklyn's Prospect Park was illogical, unfair and a meaningless show of force because the bears' victim, young Juan Perez, was already dead, she overlooks one important fact: When the police arriv... |
50573_0 | Seoul Promises Strong Actions To Curb Unrest | LEAD: South Korea's Prime Minister said tonight that the country was plunging toward ''social chaos'' and that extraordinary measures were inevitable if civil unrest did not end. South Korea's Prime Minister said tonight that the country was plunging toward ''social chaos'' and that extraordinary measures were inevitab... |
50570_0 | NEWS SUMMARY: SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 1987 | LEAD: International 2-4, 28 The captain of the frigate Stark and two other officers were relieved of duty because of their performance during the attack on the ship by an Iraqi jet. The action left open the possibility that they may be court-martialed. Page 1 A South Korean official warned that ''extraordinary measures... |
47924_1 | ALTERED BACTERIA FIGHT FROST | show success. Vandalized strawberry plants and hot weather disrupted the first outdoor test of frost-fighting bacteria, but the company that invented it said preliminary results show success. ''This demonstrated that we can do the same thing in the field that we've done in the greenhouse,'' said John Bedbrook, director... |
47899_8 | GENE-SPLICING PAYOFF IS NEAR | are also highly rated prospects. Others in strong positions are the Genetics Institute of Cambridge, Mass.; the Chiron Corporation of Emeryville, Calif., and California Biotechnology Inc. of Mountain View, Calif. Some experts say there may be as few as two dozen substances such as T.P.A. and EPO that companies will fin... |
48080_11 | U.S. Food Regulation: Tales From a Twilight Zone | SACCHARIN Artificial sweetener discovered in 1900's. Used by diabetics. 1955-65 - Begin use in diet foods. 1960-70's - Studies find saccharin causes bladder cancer in test animals; epidemiological evidence of saccharin as a human carcinogen. 1977 - F.D.A. announces ban; Congress institutes 18-month moratorium on ban. 1... |
47966_4 | VENICE STATEMENTS ON EAST-WEST RELATIONS, TERRORISM AND PERSIAN GULF | in May in Paris a meeting of ministers of nine countries, who are responsible for counterterrorism; * Reaffirm our determination to combat terrorism both through national measures and through international cooperation among ourselves and with others, when appropriate, and therefore renew our appeal to all like-minded c... |
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