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Conversion of the QE2, a floating luxury hotel with seven cocktail bars, four swimming pools and a casino, was a some what more complicated task. Most of the luxurious furniture and fittings from the public rooms were removed. Cunard decided to store ashore the bone china, the crystal glassware, the potted plants, the 17,000 bottles of champagne and the half-ton of caviar. Passengers had hardly disembarked at Southampton before vases and linens, cycling machines and weight-lifting equipment from the ship's gymnasium, and countless other items were packed in crates and hauled away. The paintings were...
Scientists have learned in recent years that several specific genetic defects occurring in human cells cause beta thalassemia, an incurable blood disorder that can lead to anemia, bone deformation and early death. The problem has been to find a way to reprogram the errant genetic messages. Now a series of experiments, directed by Dr. Yuet Wai Kan of the University of California at San Francisco, has brought researchers a step closer to a cure for one type of the disease...
...cable and wire, are neither too large nor too small for projected demand. Says Albert E. Martz, a general manager for Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. of Pittsburgh (1981 sales: $4.7 billion): "As a result of higher interest rates, we are trying to run leaner and operate closer to the bone. Now we maintain less inventory in order to accomplish the same thing...
Other early favorites have fallen victim to exhausting seasons. Star Gallant, the colt unbeaten in his career until Timely Writer nailed him in the Florida Derby, has dropped out of the picture. Hostage is being held by a fractured sesamoid bone. Distinctive Pro and Deputy Minister, two class horses from the 1980 yearling crop, have also been felled by racing injuries. Before Dawn, this year's top filly, said goodnight a long time ago, leaving the Genuine Risk school of fans without a favorite...
...know Mickey Mantle suffered from the debilitating bone disease, osteomyelitis, but can you name the all-star right fielder who also suffered from the disease? (Hint: He was a contemporary of Mantle...