Word: explainers
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Israeli officials explain this stern confinement policy on two grounds: security and economy. They point out that the majority of the country's 2,858 security prisoners are political activists who have demonstrated their danger to Israel through bombings, shootings or other terrorist acts. Furthermore, the Israeli prison service has consistently been strapped for funds to improve its facilities...
Kaplan acknowledges that this antibody "is of no earthly good to anybody," but the technique employed to create it may open many important avenues of research. Use of monoclonal antibodies could, for instance, help doctors monitor elusive changes on the surfaces of cells and help explain the development of such suspected immunity-related diseases as arthritis, juvenile diabetes, multiple sclerosis and cancer. Finally, if specific surface characteristics of cells are found to be associated with only certain types of cancer, radioactively tagged antibodies could be sent to find the cells in any part of the body. It might even...
With a story like this, one might think actors would be superfluous. A narrator, maybe Lloyd Bridges, could explain the action for a few minutes at the start, break for a Mutual of Omaha commercial ("the armadillo has natural protection, but people have to rely on..") and then get straight to the underwater photography. Instead, we get stars...
...instance, Jameson thought it might be interesting if two men loved the same woman, so both Pitt and Seagram trail after the Star reporter. One scene shows the emotional depth, the intensity of this menage a trois. "I told a fib," the reporter tells the scientist and proceeds to explain that indeed she and the mercenary had lived under the same roof for two years. The reporter's best line, though, a strong rebuff to the notion that Hollywood doesn't create any parts for strong women, comes while she fishes with the scientist. "I'm a dynamite fisher-person...
...precisely the sort of bureaucratic nonsense that drives U.S. businessmen wild and costs the consumer uncounted millions each year. Because of an act of Congress that became effective last year, banks belonging to the Federal Reserve system were required to explain to their customers the intricacies and protections built into the method of paying bills and making other money transfers by means of electronic banking...