Word: controller
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...nicknamed "the RAT." But Wall Street wags were talking nonetheless last week about a "cloned rat." Meanwhile, the Investment Company Institute, a trade association representing more than 200 money market funds, announced it would petition the Federal Reserve to rescind its order on the ground that the Credit Control Act of 1969 does not authorize such action...
While conclusions are difficult, it is clear that the more successful inflation fighters are those, like Germany and Japan, that were able to recognize and curb inflationary tendencies before they roared put of control. By consistently maintaining a strong currency and exercising a cautious restraint in monetary and fiscal policy, both of these energy-importing countries have thus far been able to withstand the global price spiral...
...brains and processing them, he was left with a crude but potent solution of interferon. He gave the IF to a group of mice injected with a virus that causes leukemia, a blood cancer. After a month, the interferon-treated mice were in good health; those in an untreated control group had leukemia. Gresser then went on to demonstrate that IF actually prevented leukemia in mice that had been specially bred to develop it. Says he: "The interferon inhibited the multiplication of tumor cells...
...lots of silence were all he seemed to need. Time and again he sought remote areas of the Muslim world where "it is as meritorious to kill a Christian as to go on the pilgrimage." He traveled under various auspices: in the Sudan Political Service, and as a locust-control officer and a soldier during World War II serving in Ethiopia, Syria, Egypt and Palestine...
...Stewart allowed the Quakers seven hits in collecting a complete game win. Anointed this year's stopper, the senior remained in control throughout, yielding the three runs on a solo home run in the third and a walk, two sacrifices and back-to-back singles in the fifth...