Word: affectation
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...effect. But the brain is actually a bundle of many structures, weirdly shaped,*and put together in such a complex tangle that a simple cutaway model gives a poor impression of the whole. And only in the age of tranquilizers has medical science begun to learn how different drugs affect individual parts of the brain. In Philadelphia last week, physicians at the annual meeting of the American Academy of General Practice were fascinated by a 3-ft. model showing the brain's components in 20 layers of translucent plastic, and wired for colored lights to elucidate some...
...receivers, leased 100 miles of coaxial cable to carry the transmissions. Overall cost: $1,500,000. Unlike the Bartlesville system, which cost a flat $9.50 per month for two channels, the company charged an initial $5 for installing a three-channel Telemeter box that fits any receiver, does not affect other reception. Consumers pay only for what they watch, can store up to $2.50 in the Telemeter...
MINIMUM-WAGE BOOST is likely to be approved during this session of Congress, since Labor Secretary James Mitchell has said that a "modest increase" in the present $1 minimum will not adversely affect low-wage industries. Unions and most Democrats favor a $1.25 per hour minimum, Republicans a $1.10 to $1.13 per hour compromise...
...Jersey had indeed discussed prices. "But where's the price fixing in that? Jersey Standard is a holding company-it has no prices. No court has held that parents can't discuss and agree on prices. A decision that this was in violation of the law would affect hundreds and perhaps thousands of firms. A drastic reorganization of the structure of business would result." The lawyers for the 29 oil companies moved for acquittal. Judge Savage upheld them. Said Socony Mobil Chairman Fred W. Bartlett: "The acquittal's coming without necessity of presenting our defense simply proves...
Reston has no compelling outside interests-except those that affect his work. "Mr. Reston," says Mr. Krock, "is not exactly what you would call a cultivated man." Reston says he has not read a novel in 20 years-but he has read practically every nonfiction work that he thought would be valuable in improving the way he does his job. This self-education has helped make Reston a reporter who can write well on almost any subject from the public appeal of Elvis Presley to the pitfalls of relating contemporary America to the decline of Rome. Says Managing Editor Catledge...