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...four. Until now, it has been possible to identify-and warn -parents who run the risk of producing a Tay-Sachs child only by means of blood tests. But a Chicago ophthalmologist has an easier way. Dr. Edward Cotlier has found that the enzyme hexosaminidase A, which is absent in Tay-Sachs victims, can be measured in human tears. Collier has detected normal levels of the enzyme in the tears of 50 healthy volunteers, low levels in 14 parents who carried the defective genes, and none in four children with the disease. His finding holds out hope for early identification...
Only a Glimpse. When Byrne mounted the bench to announce his ruling, the courtroom was packed. The corridors were filled with pass holders who had been unable to squeeze in. With the jurors absent during procedural arguments, the jury box was crammed with newsmen. Byrne began briskly: "I am prepared to rule on the motion for dismissal...
...response to U.S. demands that he broaden his regime's power base (TIME, May 7). So far, however, the new council has not demonstrated much solidarity. When Lon Nol appeared at a May Day rally last week, Washington's favorite council member, Sirik Matak, remained conspicuously absent. "Perhaps he is a bit ill," suggested one Cambodian official. "Perhaps he does not like to celebrate May Day, which has Communist connotations," speculated another. Whatever the reason, it was not an encouraging sign. When asked to describe the alliances within the council, one Western diplomat replied tartly: "One, two, three...
...figures, as mere vehicles for statements. To a large extent, however, the fault lies with the uneven acting. George Hamlin, as Galileo, has a powerful, expressive voice, but he seems to have trouble remembering his lines. Some of his slips and stammers fit in with the image of an absent-minded, introverted scientist, but too many of them are obvious mistakes. His daughter Virginia, who should earn our sympathy when we see her father callously neglecting her interests, puts us off with her annoying, uniform breathiness. William Schwalbe has some appeal as the eleven-year-old Andrea Sarti...
Between 1750 and 1850, the population of Europe doubled. The population might have increased by considerably more had certain checks on its growth been absent. Of course the major checks were a variety of natural human phenomena: famine, disease and war. And when Malthus warned that population growth would proceed at a much greater pace than the means of subsistence, he cited these as the otherwise absent limiting forces...