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...this is something that Lyndon Johnson cannot do. The cuts Mills de mands would not stop at trimming fat from Government spending. They would gouge deep into the muscle and bone of the Great Society, gutting programs that the President believes he must have to alleviate the nation's mani fold domestic ills. His reiterated as surance that the U.S. is rich enough to honor its commitments in Viet Nam and fight poverty at home reflects his conviction that regardless of the cost in treasure, the U.S. cannot afford to welsh on either...
Working with bits of bone, fossilized impressions in stone and educated intuition, scientists have cleverly deduced the appearance, weight, speed and even habits of animals that have long been extinct. Now, University of Arizona Paleontologist-Biochemist Tong-yun Ho has gained an unexpected new insight into the metabolism of many of these extinct animals. He has learned to take their temperature...
...thing that helped avert bloodshed in New Haven last week was a small aerosol bomb, the "Chemical Mace," that is being put into use by some 2,000 law-enforcement agencies across the country and in time may well replace the head-cracking, bone-breaking billy club. Dubbed the "gentle persuader" by some policemen, the Mace fits inconspicuously in a belt holster-and looks about as persuasive as a can of shaving foam...
Sober Scenarios. For The Fox, she had to go on location in the bone-chilling (25° below) bush of Ontario last winter. Cheered Co-Star Keir Dullea...
...journal Science that vitamin D is no ordinary vitamin. Unlike the others, it occurs in virtually no natural foods.* It is synthesized in the skin under the influence of ultraviolet rays. The body needs vitamin D if it is to process calcium from food to make bone. Consequently, children need proportionately more vitamin D for their growing bones, and a D deficiency causes rickets...