Word: affectations
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...simple. All it has is a core of coiled-up RNA surrounded by a cylindrical jacket made of protein molecules. Tsugita and Fraenkel-Conrat first stripped off the jacket by use of a protein-dissolving chemical. Then they treated the naked RNA with nitrous acid, which is known to affect the RNA's code-carrying bases. After the nitrous acid had. acted, the RNA was enabled to clothe itself in a new coat of protein. This made it a functioning virus again, and when it was injected into a tobacco plant, it multiplied in the plant's cells...
...changes voted by the board also affect the youngest member of TIME INC.'S family, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED. Sidney L. James, 53, SI's managing editor since 1954, its first year of publication, succeeds Publisher Arthur R. Murphy, 44, who was elected a vice president of TIME INC. with the assignment of director of production. Assistant Managing Editor Andre Laguerre, 45, moves up to managing editor...
...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...
...Since neither was listed as attorney in the case, the FPC examiner who had recommended the increase wanted to know what they had done for the money. Said Tennessee Gas Vice President Ronald McVey: "When either of them encounters any situation which they believe would affect the company's welfare, they immediately advise the company and recommend a course of action to be pursued ... He [Corcoran] keeps the company advised of all governmental developments, be they legislative, administrative, or judicial on both national and state levels. It is my opinion and that of the management that the legal services...
...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...