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...determine the correlation, Commoner and his Washington University colleagues tested 92 chemical compounds on strains of the common bacteria Salmonella typhimurium, developed by Ames. Each compound was made up in three different concentrations and mixed with preparations made from seven different rat tissues (liver, kidney, brain, stomach, lung, spleen and blood); each of the mixtures was then added to culture dishes containing the Salmonella...
...Ruth, Nixon testified under oath before Ruth, several attorneys from Ruth's office, and two of the 20 members of the remaining Watergate grand jury, whose term ends this week. A total of eleven hours of questioning took place over a two-day period in a Coast Guard compound adjoining Nixon's San Clemente estate. It is the first time a President or former President has been known to testify in person under oath before a grand jury...
...students, charging that USAID was formerly a cover for CIA activities, and that much aid money tended to end up in the pockets of corrupt officials, seized the compound two weeks ago. They were supported, at least at first, by some Laotian employees of the agency who agreed with the students' charges; more important, they had the backing of the Communist-led Pathet Lao, whose soldiers lounged around the compound throughout the occupation. The Pathet Lao presence, in fact, became significant when, after several days of protest, a group of 200 Laotian USAID employees sent a delegation to neutralist...
...stipulated that the AID compound be restored to American control, but it also required the U.S. to withdraw all American AID personnel and third-country employees of the mission from Laos by the end of this month. After a one-minute filmed signing of the agreement, and a seven-hour delay by the students the next day, the occupation ended. The three Americans, two Marine guards and a civilian who had barricaded themselves inside the compound for a week, emerged tired and worn, but unharmed. "It was one week in hell," said Sergeant Donald E. Wilburn, 26, of Osgood...
...compound this regressive aspect of his policy, Kissinger has made a conscious effort, seemingly successful, to establish a cult of personality intertwined with the negotiations. Both sides feel, at this point, that Kissinger is indispensible to the talks. In essence, all the keys are in his pocket; neither Arab nor Israeli has had anything but dealings with Henry Kissinger since the end of the October War. In the end, his effort to be the mortal who moves mountains can only lead to continued strife. By now, twenty-seven years after the first Arab-Israeli war, the warring parties should...