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...several distinct respects: infectivity (i.e., the infectious does, ranging from a few cells of the tularemia bacillus to around 10-6 of the cholera vibrio); specific distribution in the body; virulence (i.e., the severity of the disease produced); and communicability from one individual host to another. These attributes depend on the coordinate activity of many genes, which are capable of independent variation. For our discussion the distinction between the ability to produce a serious disease and the ability to spread is particularly important...
This time, luck ran out at thousands of factories, small plants and even schools that depend on a vital energy source: natural gas. Pointing to rising consumption of the clean-burning fuel, as well as dwindling supplies, gas-industry experts had been forecasting severe shortages for several winters, only to have mild weather make it appear that they had been crying wolf. But this season, the early warnings had been sounded as far back as November-and suddenly they proved all too accurate. "The past four or five winters have been comparatively warm," said Carl Suchocki of the Natural...
Although many of the magazine's big names are gone, 90% of the regular staffers have chosen to remain-perhaps because, unlike the writers with contracts and outside assignments, they depend more on their salaries. They also got two reassuring visits from Murdoch himself. Said Financial Writer Dan Dorfman: "I'm accustomed to writing pieces that offend advertisers and friends of the editor. Will I still have that same freedom?" Said Murdoch: "Write about anything you please, even me, but just be sure you're right...
...into the economy-$10 billion to $14 billion in tax cuts and $2 billion in job programs. For fiscal 1978 (beginning Oct. 1,1977), the package calls for $8 billion in tax reduction and $5 billion to $8 billion in spending for jobs. How much is actually spent will depend on how the economy is doing...
...elect faces a difficult problem in reconciling his expansive campaign pledges with the hard facts of political reality. Indeed, Jimmy Carter himself made a significant hedge last week. During his spectacular rise to the presidency, he often followed up a campaign pledge with the confident declaration, "and you can depend on it." Trying to define the changes he hopes to make in the defense budget, Carter said at Musgrove Plantation, "I think you can depend...