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...contains, says Karlson, is not needed all at once. It comes into play gradually, as if it were being looked up, item by item, in a book of instructions. When the time comes for a larva to turn into a pupa, ecdysone secreted by its glands circulates among the cells and comes in contact with the long, ropelike molecules of the DNA in the chromosomes. The hormone affects only those parts of the DNA molecule that contain a few items of chemical instructions needed for metamorphosis. The parts become suddenly active; they swell up, forming visible puffs which show that...
...marketplace of Venceslau Guimarâes, a small boy began tormenting Pelé with a stick, and the donkey struck back-killing the boy with a kick in the head. Police Chief Emiliano Gonçalves had the farmer arrested, but Fernandes wept so profusely in his jail cell that Gonçalves changed his mind and locked up the donkey instead. The charge against the animal: murder. Osório Fernandes angrily leveled a charge of his own against the police chief: "He has been anti-donkey ever since the day he left his office door open...
...only kicked in self-defense. Months passed. The other prisoners, being human, had protested that the donkey stank; even worse, it brayed all night. The prison cook complained because he had to prepare special meals for the donkey. The jailer, grumbling that cleaning up the animal's cell had doubled his work, threatened to go on strike unless he got extra...
...black voice from the white cell was a perfect affirmation, and an affront to the cops--it rang with contempt for them. And then it was brave, and so inspired bravery. There was sudden intense applause, and a thunderous burst of song...
...three weeks later, they came out again - tired. Jail was a sobering experience. Beating acquires wholly new meaning when you are beaten for half an hour by a karate expert. 'Doing your time' is much more than a collegiate aspiration when you do it in a four-man cell with ten or twelve drunks and petty crooks who all know you're a "nigger-lover" and literally shake with their hate for you. Once out of jail, among the one group of whites, there began a withdrawal, a retreat, that was rationalized as a "waking up to the futility...