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20923_0 | VIEWS OF THE VATICAN DOCUMENT VARY FROM APPROVAL TO VOWED RESISTANCE | LEAD: The Vatican's new document on human reproduction prompted reactions around the world yesterday that ranged from approval from the hierarchy in Brazil, the world's largest Catholic country, to at least one vow of resistance in Ireland and consternation in the Catholic hospital that performed France's first artific... |
20924_2 | JEWS AND EVANGELICALS TAKE DIFFERING STANDS | committee of bishops from around the world and distributed to all the bishops, who have accepted the teaching ''without opposition.'' However, Dr. Margaret Farley, a Roman Catholic nun who is a professor of Christian Ethics at Yale Divinity School, faulted the process by which the document was drawn and its conclusions... |
22624_0 | DEFYING THE WIND WITH LESS STEEL | LEAD: AS architects design taller, more elaborate skyscrapers, engineers are being pressed to find more economical ways to prevent these high-rise structures from drifting wildly in the wind. AS architects design taller, more elaborate skyscrapers, engineers are being pressed to find more economical ways to prevent the... |
22534_0 | Beta Carotene Ads By Smith/Greenland | LEAD: Hoffmann-LaRoche has begun a multimillion-dollar ad campaign through Smith/Greenland to educate the public to the benefits of beta carotene, the food substance from green leafy vegetables and orange vegetables the consumption of which seems to cut down on the incidence of cancer. Hoffmann-LaRoche has begun a mult... |
17512_0 | GREEK TRAGEDY IN A NEW MASK SPEAKS TO TODAY'S AUDIENCES | LEAD: After slumbering peacefully on library shelves, Greek tragedy has staged a comeback. As far back as 1960, Robert Brustein urged the theater to ''rescue these imprisoned masterpieces from the gray walls of Victorian dullness'' and turn them into the ''immediate, sensual experiences'' they were meant to be. After s... |
17749_2 | U.S. Tied to Demise of Bears in Yellowstone | ''The report points out serious deficiencies within the Federal land management agencies,'' said Michael Scott, director of the group's northern Rockies regional office in Bozeman, Mont. ''Their methods are shoddy, deficient and often contradictory.'' He said Forest Service officials in the area were building roads for... |
17723_9 | Drawing Conclusions From the Tower Findings | the right things in the right way. In this case, the wrong people did the wrong things in the wrong way. . . . Something like this happens almost every three or four years, and the world goes on. It's terribly important that people hit this thing fresh and get on with it. You see a similarity of mistakes. It's as if th... |
17958_3 | SAILING THE THAMES, SOMEHOW | ''the intercollege 'bumping' races start from just above here'') charts the course of our lives, and each bend in the river seems infinitely promising. On the whole, however, we do our sightseeing in a serendipitous - that's euphemistic for disorganized - fashion. At Henley we clock ourselves on the Royal Regatta strai... |
17706_9 | RIPENING DESIRE AND THE MUSE OF MIDDLE AGE | boy has had her and she him and both regret it. All the splendid comedy of the chase and the courtship is replaced by the gloomy sentimentality of uncoupling. For it is divorce and rebirth that occupy the high ground of the style of middle age. The style of middle age is a style of reappraisal, a style characterized by... |
19100_3 | HALT URGED IN WORK ON SISTINE AND 'LAST SUPPER' | and could not comment on it directly. But as to the requested pause, Mr. Persegati said, ''We pause very often whenever we see the need to do further research, analysis or trials, but we do not see any reason to pause right now.'' He said that the first significant pause took place when the project was begun in 1980, a... |
19070_0 | FRANCE WARMS UP TO MISSILE OFFER | LEAD: In an important policy shift, France's conservative Government today retreated from the negative reaction it had expressed earlier this week toward the Soviet Union's proposal for the removal of all Soviet and American medium-range nuclear missiles from Europe. In an important policy shift, France's conservative ... |
21744_5 | WHAT THEY SAID, WHAT THEY READ | A WORK such as ''The Founders' Constitution'' is bound to raise questions about its uses and usefulness. Lawyers will ask expectantly whether the answers to constitutional problems they are interested in are to be found somewhere in these volumes. When the lawyers put their questions thus simplistically, the reply will... |
21715_2 | LEADING WOMEN OF 42 NATIONS DISCUSS POWER | in government. Maria de Lurdes Pintassilgo, a former Prime Minister of Portugal, said that when women are admitted to the corridors of power their assignments tend to involve ''what I call the software'' of government: heading departments such as social services, youth or tourism. Additionally, the delegates agreed tha... |
21559_0 | Abrams Replies | LEAD: To the Editor: To the Editor: There are a number of misinterpretations in ''The Good Neighbor Offers Little Aid, Less Trade'' (Feb. 1). The decline in United States imports from the Caribbean Basin is primarily due to developments within the oil market, not to Government fiat. Imports of non-petroleum products fr... |
24977_0 | Nigeria Seeking to Curb Population Growth | LEAD: Spinning computer models into the future, population experts here forecast that in 30 years there will be more Nigerians on the globe than Western Europeans. Spinning computer models into the future, population experts here forecast that in 30 years there will be more Nigerians on the globe than Western Europeans... |
29037_0 | FRANCE APPROVES ARMS PLAN LINKED TO EUROPEAN ALLIES | LEAD: Parliament overwhelmingly approved a major five-year rearmament program Thursday night. Parliament overwhelmingly approved a major five-year rearmament program Thursday night. The move came amid further indications of a gradual shift in French military thinking away from the traditional Gaullist notion of militar... |
29142_1 | NEWS SUMMARY: SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1987 | 5 The French Parliament approved a major five-year rearmament program. The move indicated a gradual shift away from the Gaullist notion of military independence that led France to withdraw from NATO's military structure. 3 International arms sales to Iran do not appear to have increased following the disclosures of Was... |
35139_5 | If the Missiles Go, Peace May Stay | a Soviet attack, these troops would be very unreliable allies and would need Soviet guards to prevent them from following their own national instincts. I am not really afraid of the remaining conventional disequilibrium because I strongly believe in the high capability and fighting spirit of the West German forces. The... |
35217_2 | PLANNING FORESTS FROM LAB CULTURES | William J. Libby, professor of forestry and genetics at the University of California at Berkeley. Scandinavians have cloned Norwegian spruce, and New Zealanders Monterey pine. The Ontario Ministry of Forests has a huge cloned forest of European poplars. In the United States, the Weyerhaeuser Company uses cloning for or... |
26526_2 | MISSILE DIPLOMACY: EUROPE PREPARES | Mitterrand at a Loire Valley chateau and assured journalists that ''the common viewpoints of the French, Germans and Britons are supported by other European countries.'' It was a practiced step in this three-cornered diplomatic minuet. The 'European' Position The ''European'' position on medium-range missiles has been ... |
26579_11 | BLACKS AND POLITICAL POWER: THE KEY TO EASING TENSON | been echoed in the New York City school system. The Board of Education has begun putting together a school curriculum that would foster interracial understanding. Breaking Stereotypes The head of the board's division of curriculum and instruction, Charlotte Frank, said the board has requested funds for a summer program... |
26470_0 | GENE-ALTERED MICROBE, FOCUS OF BITTER DEBATE, NEAR A TEST | LEAD: The University of California at Berkeley said today that it would soon begin tests in a northern California potato field on a living, gene-altered microbe designed to prevent frost damage on crops. The University of California at Berkeley said today that it would soon begin tests in a northern California potato f... |
28422_2 | VOLCKER SEES DANGER TO ECONOMY OF U.S. IF DOLLAR FALLS MORE | specifically action to reduce the budget deficit here and to provide stimulus abroad,'' he told the subcommittee. He cited the ''clear danger'' that economic growth was slowing further in other countries and said that in such a situation ''further sizable depreciation of the dollar could well be counterproductive.'' A ... |
28291_0 | Mayan Ruins in No Danger of Flooding | LEAD: To the Editor: To the Editor: Your front-page caption and news report (March 26) about alleged plans by Mexico and Guatemala for construction of a series of dams on the Usumacinta River that would flood important Mayan archeological sites and ''Don't Flood the Maya Vatican'' (editorial, March 31), on the concern ... |
35419_0 | 2D TEST OF FROST BACTERIA BEGINS | LEAD: A second test of bacteria genetically altered to inhibit frost began today as scientists prepared to plant potato seeds treated with the strain. A second test of bacteria genetically altered to inhibit frost began today as scientists prepared to plant potato seeds treated with the strain. The experiment, conducte... |
35502_2 | Fiji's Leaders Weigh Curbs on Nuclear Ships | policy. That would put the onus on the United States to keep nuclear weapons and reactors out of Fijian waters, and apparently would permit some American Navy vessels to visit Fiji. New Government Takes Over The new Government of Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra, elected on April 12, replaced the staunchly pro-Western Gov... |
35420_0 | U.S. POPULATION PUT AT 240 MILLION AS CENSUS TRENDS PERSIST | LEAD: A new Census Bureau profile of the American population shows growth and change along lines that have become familiar in recent years: more births, more growth in the South and West, regular migration, fewer farmers and more divorces. A new Census Bureau profile of the American population shows growth and change a... |
35421_1 | PERU (POP. 20 MILLION) IS STARTING TO CRY 'ENOUGH!' | on the ground to listen to the young psychologist, Frank Clavijo. ''We all know people who have had children they don't want,'' he said, ''but even the church now says we should only have the children we can care for.'' The women nodded in agreement. Marlene Toribio, the 26-year-old obstetrician, stepped forward with t... |
35530_0 | DATA BACK ESTROGEN THERAPY | LEAD: Women who undergo hysterectomy with the removal of both ovaries face double the usual risk of heart disease if they do not receive estrogen supplements, a study has concluded. Women who undergo hysterectomy with the removal of both ovaries face double the usual risk of heart disease if they do not receive estroge... |
27449_0 | When Travelers Can't Get Off the Ground | LEAD: AS increasing numbers of travelers take to the skies, spurred in part by the airline industry's deeply discounted promotional fares, there has been an accompanying rise in flight delays and cancellations. The summer travel season is expected to compound the problem. AS increasing numbers of travelers take to the ... |
27331_1 | MAKING DO AT NEWARK | Feb. 1 becomes the Ancient Mariner, fixing the listener with a glittering eye while recounting difficulties of an impossible nature: changes in gates causing footraces that people at the head of the line cannot win; waits of hours with no place to sit; lost colonies of travelers in forgotten corners. The People Express... |
27241_0 | NEWS SUMMARY: SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1987 | LEAD: INTERNATIONAL 3-19 INTERNATIONAL 3-19 In Moscow, the new U.S. Embassy buildings under construction are filled with Soviet surveillance devices, and some members of Congress say the entire $190 million project should be scrapped. Page 1 Embassy guards are disciplined no less often than regular members of the Marin... |
27707_3 | U.S. CATHOLIC BIBLE AVOIDS USING 'MAN' | a biblical reference to homosexuals in I Corinthians 6:9. The letter, attributed to St. Paul, speaks of those who will be excluded from ''the kingdom of God.'' The 1970 text mentions ''no adulterers, no sodomites, no thieves.'' The updated text says ''nor adulterers nor boy prostitutes nor practicing homosexuals.'' The... |
33512_0 | PLANS FOR PHILADELPHIA MUSIC FESTIVAL | LEAD: Philadelphia's American Music Theater Festival will expand into international territory next fall, but the company's American works still provide a strong center of interest. Chief among the latter is a production of Harry Partch's ''Revelation in the Courthouse Park,'' a theater piece incorporating 16 instrument... |
33397_0 | JUDGE CLEARS WAY FOR A GENETIC TEST | LEAD: A judge cleared the way today for an historic experiment in which genetically altered bacteria will be released into the environment for the first time. A judge cleared the way today for an historic experiment in which genetically altered bacteria will be released into the environment for the first time. The comp... |
33371_1 | 'TRICKY' BUILDING METHOD AT SITE OF COLLAPSE | concrete slabs around the base of the pillars, leaving holes through which plumbing pipes and electrical lines can later be inserted. Each slab will form an entire floor of the building. After the concrete dries, the stack of slabs is hoisted into place using powerful hydraulic lifts mounted at the top of each pillar. ... |
33451_0 | Give Air Passengers More Information | LEAD: To the Editor: To the Editor: Deregulation of the airline industry was intended to benefit consumers by providing additional choices and opening the market to new business. However, this has not been the long-term result. Since deregulation, 235 airlines have been certified - only 75 are certified today. Of the 7... |
30704_0 | Nippon, Calgene Plan Vegetable Oil | LEAD: The Nippon Steel Corporation said it had entered a multiyear agreement with Calgene Inc. of Davis, Calif., to jointly develop a vegetable oil with industrial applications, including steelmaking. Calgene specializes in the application of recombinant DNA technology to plants. A Nippon Steel executive said the compa... |
30567_1 | BRAZILIANS AND CUBANS: AN UNLIKELY COURTSHIP | dispatched an assortment of his country's celebrated ice creams to Mr. Sarney. 'Disney World of the Left' Such has been the stream of Brazilian writers, musicians, journalists and film makers going to Havana that even pro-Cubans here quipped that Cuba has now become the ''Disney World of the left.'' Although Cuba's Com... |
29470_1 | STUDY URGES STEPS TO CURB EARTH'S WARMING | use of energy, restoring tropical areas that have been depleted and reducing chlorofluorocarbon emissions. . Chlorofluorocarbons are gases used in the manufacture of some insulations, in aerosols and in refrigeration. Scientists say that if carbon dioxide and chlorofluorocarbons are allowed to accumulate in the atmosph... |
29211_0 | Exotic Blooms | LEAD: It has been evident for some time that electronic gadgetry is taking over the American home, but a less noted invasion is that of the house plant. Indoor plants have taken root in our houses and apartments as never before. It has been evident for some time that electronic gadgetry is taking over the American home... |
29467_0 | ANOTHER BLOW FOR HAITI: A SUGAR MILL CLOSES | LEAD: A sugar mill that was Haiti's second largest employer has shut down, saying it was put out of business by sugar smuggled from Miami and the Dominican Republic. A sugar mill that was Haiti's second largest employer has shut down, saying it was put out of business by sugar smuggled from Miami and the Dominican Repu... |
29517_8 | MOUNTING COMPETITION FOR COLLEGE TEACHERS | themselves are not certain of what type of faculty they want for the 1990's,'' said Alfred D. Sumberg, director of government relations of the American Association of University Professors. So far, the most noticeable effect of the recruitment and early retirement programs has been an intensification in the competition... |
29614_2 | HUMANITIES IS TRADITION AT COLUMBIA | major writers, ''Contemporary Civilization'' focuses on philosophy and political theory while ''Lit Hum'' emphasizes literature and, to a lesser extent, historical works. ''You may get the theory of kingship from Hobbes in Contemporary Civilization,'' said James V. Mirollo, a professor of English and comparative litera... |
29609_1 | Aid Offer Rescinded for Niagara Falls Project | build the project. He said that the developers were too involved with a similar project in Bloomington, Minn., to give their attention to Niagara Falls. ''We prefer maintaining our policy of not allowing incentive offers to languish in perpetuity,'' Mr. Holzer said. ''We just don't leave them floating. Specific project... |
29556_1 | MACHINES ARE OUT, GARDENS ARE IN | and vision are in. Explanation and analysis are definitely out, while narration and resonance are in. Machines, for the most part, are out, and gardens - yes, gardens - are in. (Makes it a little tough for most New Yorkers.) The point of all this? Ah, to be the Player of the Infinite Game, not the Master of the finite ... |
31230_0 | Test of a Frost-Killer Put Off To Let Court Weigh Protests | LEAD: A research organization has delayed by a week the first authorized outdoor test of a genetically altered bacterium so as to give a judge time to consider a request by environmentalists that the test be halted. A research organization has delayed by a week the first authorized outdoor test of a genetically altered... |
31383_1 | PISA IS HOPIN TO GIVE LEANING TOWER A REST | discussion has reached a very concrete point,'' said Giacomino Granchi, the Socialist Mayor of Pisa, speaking in the 14th-century Town Hall, across the Arno River from the tower. ''Even if the Government is proceeding very cautiously.'' In 1965, after a drop in Pisa's water table caused the tilt to accelerate, a specia... |
31338_2 | U.S. WILL TEST BOMB DETECTOR FOR AIR CARGO | was intent on keeping security at high levels. The F.A.A. has been financing development of bomb detectors for many years. But its budget for the program was given a large increase after the destruction of an Air India Boeing 747 on a Montreal-to-London flight in June 1985, killing all 329 people on board. Investigator... |
31347_3 | HAVANA REPORTS 3 CUBANS DEAD OF AIDS AND SETS UP ISOLATION UNIT | early 1986 and was conducted among Cubans who had spent long periods abroad, were frequent travelers or had extensive contact with foreigners in Cuba. Later, the Government began testing blood donors. #300,000 Cubans Were in Africa Since 1975, more than 300,000 Cuban soldiers have returned home from assignments in Ango... |
31391_1 | NEWS SUMMARY: SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1987 | test on the other's territory in order to improve verification techniques was discussed in Moscow, American officials said. 1 Helmut Kohl is in a bind as the major Western European nations shape their response to proposals for the elimination of all Soviet and American ballistic missiles in Europe. 4 U.S.-Soviet human-... |
31979_0 | GOING OUT GUIDE | LEAD: An O'Neill Classic An O'Neill Classic In 1920, Eugene O'Neill's drama ''Emperor Jones'' examined power, using as a central character Brutus Jones, a former Pullman car porter who fled a Southern chain gang, landing on a Caribbean island to became its despotic ruler. Charles Gilpin portrayed Brutus Jones in an ear... |
32086_0 | Child Services Policy Faulted | LEAD: Abused and other vulnerable children and the chronically ill elderly have been illegally denied services by the Reagan Administration, which has withheld millions of dollars in congressionally approved aid, according to a report made public today by a House panel. Abused and other vulnerable children and the chro... |
32035_0 | Global Family Planning Program Advocated | LEAD: A comprehensive global family planning strategy is needed to keep accelerating world population growth from outpacing available resources, according to a report made public today by the Population Institute. A comprehensive global family planning strategy is needed to keep accelerating world population growth fro... |
26247_0 | FOOD INDUSTRY EYES IRRADIATION WARILY | LEAD: MORE than 500 pounds of ripe, juicy papayas were sneaked into Los Angeles last week and unobtrusively delivered to supermarkets. The papayas had been treated with radiation to kill fruit flies, and while that is legal it is also controversial. The growers were trying to get the fruit to shoppers without alerting ... |
26223_3 | BOOKS OF THE TIMES | in earlier novels and essays, behavioralist theory is contrasted with the author's own existential outlook, scientific positivism with a more old-fashioned brand of Christian humanism. On one side, in ''The Thanatos Syndrome,'' there are the advocates of sodium-fortified water, who argue that drugs can suppress such na... |
26342_0 | AIRLINES STRESS TEAMWORK IN COCKPIT | LEAD: On a recent United Airlines flight from Reno to San Francisco a bomb exploded in the luggage hold. On a recent United Airlines flight from Reno to San Francisco a bomb exploded in the luggage hold. The captain and two flight officers, who had never flown together before, quickly steered the plane to a lower altit... |
27853_0 | Cuba Sends 20 Ex-Prisoners To U.S. at Rate of 2 a Week | LEAD: Cuba has allowed 20 former political prisoners to emigrate to the United States in the last 10 weeks at the rate of two a week, United States officials say. Cuba has allowed 20 former political prisoners to emigrate to the United States in the last 10 weeks at the rate of two a week, United States officials say. ... |
34525_3 | EUROPE AFTER CHERNOBYL: COOLER ATTITUDES TOWARD NUCLEAR POWER | of Soviet reactor and did not call into question the safety of Western reactors. ''No new safety measures were needed on Western reactors,'' said Thomas Roser of the Deutsches Atom Forum, a body representing Germany's atomic industry. As for reactors under construction, the impact of Chernobyl was lessened by the fact ... |
30195_0 | In Remote Nicaragua, Cuban Ships Refill Shelves | LEAD: Normally, residents of this isolated coastal area of northeast Nicaragua are entitled to buy one pound of low-priced beans and a like amount of rice every 15 days. But in the second half of March, supplies ran low and residents were put on half rations. Normally, residents of this isolated coastal area of northea... |
30283_5 | ADVANCES IN BRIDGES: NEW WAYS TO MAKE SPANS SOUND AGAIN | vertical supports rising from the water). A damaged bearing can twist them out of vertical, Mr. Rothman said. To prevent this problem, engineers are designing new bridges so that they are strong enough to resist the expansion and contraction caused by changes in temperature. Thus, the number of joints and bearings can ... |
30349_0 | TWO ACCIDENTS RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT FRANCE'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM | LEAD: Two accidents within days at French nuclear installations have prompted new concern about this country's ambitious nuclear power program. Two accidents within days at French nuclear installations have prompted new concern about this country's ambitious nuclear power program. French officials have temporarily shut... |
33659_0 | BIOGENETIC FIELD TESTS: NWE ERA, NEW CHALLENGE FOR NATION | LEAD: When a researcher sprayed gene-altered bacteria on a strawberry field here today it marked the end of a bitter struggle by scientists to begin testing advanced genetic techniques in the environment. When a researcher sprayed gene-altered bacteria on a strawberry field here today it marked the end of a bitter stru... |
33560_0 | Bully's Lifetime of Trouble May Start With a Learning Disability | LEAD: To the Editor: To the Editor: Your article on aggression in children (''The Bully: New Research Depicts a Paranoid, Lifelong Loser,'' Science Times, April 7) points out a number of cognitive and behavioral strategies being used in the hope of getting children to learn to ''turn the other cheek'' before growing in... |
33670_0 | GENE-ALTERED BACTERIA RELEASED IN A HISTORIC EXPERIMENT OUTDOORS | LEAD: Genetically altered bacteria, life forms designed by scientists to suit agricultural needs, were released outdoors today for the first time in what scientists called a historic experiment. Genetically altered bacteria, life forms designed by scientists to suit agricultural needs, were released outdoors today for ... |
30947_2 | NEWS SUMMARY: FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1987 | radio, telephone and telephone services were adopted by the Federal Communications Commission. The measures stemmed from mounting complaints. A1 Far greater cancer hazards may be caused by substances that are ignored by regulatory agencies than by some chemicals that have been banned, according to a new system of ranki... |
27200_1 | When Childbirth Is Fatal | set by the World Bank - depends heavily on birth control and health care services. Sadly, over the last three years the United States Government's commitment to this noble cause has continued to diminish. For women in the developing world the most worrying question about pregnancy is not ''Will it change my life?'' but... |
27183_0 | NEWS SUMMARY: SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1987 | LEAD: INTERNATIONAL 2-5, 28 U.S. monitoring devices in China are being used to improve estimates of the size of Soviet nuclear tests, according to Defense Department documents and interviews with Administration officials. Page 1 Two more marines are implicated in violations of security rules at the United States Embass... |
27104_0 | U.S. Indicts 3 in Cuba Sales | LEAD: Three men were indicted today on charges of selling more than $1 million in computer equipment to a company for shipment to Cuba, violating the Trading With the Enemy Act. Three men were indicted today on charges of selling more than $1 million in computer equipment to a company for shipment to Cuba, violating th... |
28721_1 | FRANCE, PLAYING DOWN SPY CASE, IS HIT BY HARSH SOVIET PROPAGANDA | expulsion of six French citizens from Moscow, that disclosed the actual number of Russians asked by France to leave. But this time the expulsion of the Soviet diplomats has been followed by an intensive propaganda campaign in the Government-controlled press of the Soviet Union, which has accused the French Government o... |
26977_1 | NEWS SUMMARY: FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1987 | part to intelligence information that has been provided by the United States and France, according to senior Chadian officials. A1 Israel has aided Pretoria with many weapons in violation of an arms embargo, the State Department said. It also said, in a report to congress, that companies in France and Italy had helped ... |
28866_0 | BAKER ASKS 3D WORLD DEBT ACTION | LEAD: Saying there were no quick fixes for the third-world debt problem, Treasury Secretary James A. Baker 3d called on commercial banks today to develop a ''menu of alternative new money options'' to assure continued financing for poorer countries. Saying there were no quick fixes for the third-world debt problem, Tre... |
28845_0 | U.S., THIOKOL AT ODDS ON F.B.I. DATA | LEAD: The Justice Department is fighting an effort by Morton Thiokol Inc., the maker of the space shuttle's solid-rocket boosters, to obtain records about a criminal investigation of the company being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, according to court documents. The Justice Department is fighting an e... |
32654_1 | MEXICO TO BAN SALE OF BLOOD | in blood and blood byproducts, saying the rapid spread of AIDS among the Mexican population made the measure ''urgent and imperative.'' The Mexican Government announced today that it would prohibit all commercial dealings in blood and blood byproducts, saying the rapid spread of AIDS among the Mexican population made t... |
34802_0 | DEAVER'S MEDICINE MAY BE A DEFENSE | LEAD: Michael K. Deaver is considering a plan to defend himself against perjury charges by arguing that his mental state at the time he is accused of making false statements was impaired by his use of prescription drugs, according to people with knowledge of his case. Michael K. Deaver is considering a plan to defend h... |
34310_0 | PRESCHOOL: LET'S PRESERVE THE CHOICES | LEAD: THE new Federal legislation affecting the education of handicapped preschoolers may on the surface seem like an advancement in special-education financing, but may actually serve to undermine an extremely effective system already in place in New York State. THE new Federal legislation affecting the education of h... |
33864_1 | ON CAMPUS, A BOON IN GIVING | the previous year, he said. Connecticut's total for the past year is expected to climb as well, he said. The foundation council has not released its 1985-86 figures, but when it does so next month, it will show another significant increase, both nationally and in Connecticut, he predicted. Part of this increase will li... |
34265_2 | FLORIDA'S SEAFARING BIG-GAME HUNTERS | board, and take anyone who arrives at the dock on time. These passengers, traveling on a predetermined route, catch whatever is along the way. Such fishing trips are less expensive than chartered trips, usually about $25 for a half day and $50 for a full day. The boat provides ice and bait, and customers can take their... |
34039_4 | ASCETICISM AND ANIMAL FAITH | - essences - to resolve complex problems in the theory of knowledge. In the first half of the century, Santayana was widely recognized as contributing to this movement, and respected as a first-rate academic thinker. Yet he was bolder in his efforts than his professorial peers. He was not just an epistemologist but a g... |
34027_0 | DEFING A GOOD FIGHT | LEAD: PACIFISM AND THE JUST WAR A Study in Applied Philosophy. By Jenny Teichman. 138 pp. New York: Basil Blackwell. $19.95. TRANQUILLITAS ORDINIS The Present Failure and Future Promise of American Catholic Thought on War and Peace. By George Weigel. 489 pp. New York: Oxford University Press. PACIFISM AND THE JUST WAR ... |
34285_2 | THE COSTS AND THE CARE OF A DISABLED CHILD | years. Something that takes a ''normal'' child one week to learn can take a disabled child a year to learn. But, who are we to deny that special child the feeling of pride and sense of accomplishment because of rising costs! How could money be more important than the smile on my son's face when after nine months of one... |
34060_0 | Custom-Designed Bacteria Released In Outdoor Test | LEAD: In a California strawberry patch, scientists from a company with the futuristic name Advanced Genetic Sciences Inc. were finally allowed last week to release into the world the tiny creatures they had invented. In a California strawberry patch, scientists from a company with the futuristic name Advanced Genetic S... |
30074_0 | Genetic Test Approved | LEAD: Advanced Genetic Sciences Inc., a biotechnology company based in Oakland, Calif., said today that it has received permission from the California Department of Food and Agriculture to field-test its genetically altered bacteria intended to protect plants from frost damage. The state permit is the final regulatory ... |
28146_1 | MOSCOW OFFERING TO PUT OFF A BAN ON ATOM TESTING | make it possible to ratify the two treaties of the 1970's, which limit tests to 150 kilotons, to be followed by discussions on additional limits leading ultimately to a total ban. Pentagon Takes Tough Stance Officials of the State Department and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency have been urging a flexible respon... |
27967_1 | Q&A | fuel from old tires, and if so how? A. Several recycling companies have developed procedures for turning scrap tires into high-energy fuel for use in generating electricity. For example, Waste Recovery Inc. of Dallas shreads worn out tires into small pieces about two inches square. Q. Is it possible to make fuel from o... |
28217_0 | Satellites and Disease | LEAD: Orbiting satellites might seem a strange tool for predicting widespread outbreaks of a viral disease, but Federal scientists report evidence that the view from space can be valuable for just that purpose. Orbiting satellites might seem a strange tool for predicting widespread outbreaks of a viral disease, but Fed... |
28003_0 | Fructose Syrup Futures Traded | LEAD: The Minneapolis Grain Exchange began trading futures yesterday in high-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener used in soft-drink and food processing. The Minneapolis Grain Exchange began trading futures yesterday in high-fructose corn syrup, a sweetener used in soft-drink and food processing. Sugar brokers in New York,... |
28044_6 | ON THE FRONTIERS OF BRAIN SURGERY | * Human fetal cells grown in test tubes. Artificially propagated nerve cells could one day be ''banked.'' * Human cancer cells. Some of these cells release desired brain chemicals and can be kept alive in test tubes. But for reasons that are not understood, they stop producing the chemicals after implantation. Of cours... |
27996_1 | Careers; Summer Jobs: Many Sources | or more, while their employers get a Federal income tax credit for hiring low-income workers in the 16-21 age bracket for the summer. Other summer programs abound across the country, and some offer unusual career twists. The University of Rochester, a private institution in upstate New York with 4,600 students, is eage... |
31555_5 | WRITING THAT ANGRY LETTER | higher-up in the company, but Mr. Dunfey cautions that if the letter is sent there to start with, it simply has to wind its way down to someone who can deal with it. If the letter charges unfair or deceptive practices by an airline, it may be worthwhile to send a copy of the letter to the Department of Transportation, ... |
31915_3 | LEFT COLD BY CARS: A WOMAN'S STRUGGLE | that there are a good many of us who are promoters in theory of female facility with automobiles and all things mechanical, but failures in practice. Recently, I picked up an old copy of Robert M. Pirsig's ''Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,'' a book I was assigned to read in college, but never did. I returned... |
31843_2 | Castro Says Harmony Is Up to U.S. | disclosed until Friday, he said that for more than a year Cuba had been treating Cubans infected with the AIDS virus with a special diet, which he did not describe, and the experimental cancer drug interferon. Even though as recently as this week senior Cuban health officials told American journalists that they knew of... |
31638_0 | IN AFRICA, FRANCE IS STILL A MILITARY POWER | LEAD: AFTER a highly publicized meeting with Muammar el-Qaddafi in Crete two years ago, President Francois Mitterrand of France received some of the most intense criticism of his long career. Conservative critics said Mr. Mitterrand had been duped by Colonel Qaddafi while the Libyan leader was in the process of renegin... |
31674_0 | Bulls, Bears and M.B.A.'s | LEAD: As graduation season approaches, the roar of the stock market is being heard at the nation's top graduate business schools. As graduation season approaches, the roar of the stock market is being heard at the nation's top graduate business schools. Recruiting by financial companies is up this year at schools like ... |
31973_13 | THE HOT HISTORY DEPARTMENT | historians in Europe were - like the Princeton scholars -adopting a more ethnographic approach to their discipline. The Princetonians, in short, have become part of an international historical collective interested in recapturing the feelings, perceptions and even the gestures of people of earlier times. By seeking to ... |
31551_1 | A SEARCH FOR SERVICES FOR HANDICAPPED BOY | visit by a special educator that lasted a couple of hours. Since a child's mobility and communication skills are integral to learning, most educators look at the therapies as being part of an individualized education plan. I have been informed that Westchester uses a system under which the family must pay the cost of a... |
31941_1 | LAW OF THE LAND | raises a host of issues that all people traveling abroad, especially to countries with considerably different cultural and/or economic circumstances from his own, should contemplate. To the Editor: Mr. Kristof's piece on criminal justice in foreign lands claims foreign visitors bring with them their ''mental baggage'' ... |
31888_3 | LINGUIST PLEADS FOR A GLORY THAT WAS GREEK | letters columns. Letter From North Dakota ''I cannot help thinking that, if Socrates were to come out of his grave now, he would again seek the redemption of hemlock to escape the torment of hearing his fellow citizens speaking an alien tongue,'' he said. That was matched by a letter from Alex Vardamis who gave an addr... |
29874_2 | BATTLE OF THE NEVERSINK HEADING FOR THE COURTS | Mr. Wechsler, 56 years old, is a determined environmentalist whose main concern is protecting the land. Money, by all accounts, is not at issue here. The park would turn the gorge into ''a garbage pit,'' Mr. Wechsler said, citing examples of other state parks in the county that he said have already met such a fate. And... |
29817_0 | China Said to Interrupt Many Projects' Imports | LEAD: In a move that has puzzled and alarmed some foreign companies, China's central Government has virtually halted imports of materials for special projects, according to business executives and diplomats who follow Chinese trade. In a move that has puzzled and alarmed some foreign companies, China's central Governme... |
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