Word: hidden
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hidden beneath the foliage, several hundred guerrillas of the People's Revolutionary Army (E.R.P.), the strongest of five factions that make up the 10,000-member Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front, have begun battling government forces for control of the economically vital region. "Cirilo," the western regional commander of the E.R.P., explains, "Our interest is to lead the people toward insurrection. They are already clandestinely organized, and now we are moving to arm them...
...hidden ways. I would put forward one proposal, and he would advance the opposite point of view. In regard to social justice, he considers there are no problems in this area, but I think there are problems that keep the moral fabric of society in a state of tension. Remove this tension, and the sprouts of perestroika will start growing...
...computer networks will continue to be at risk -- although the threat cuts both ways. "If you believe the Soviet Union can get into our systems and change them at will," asks a former senior Government expert, "what do you think they think we can do to them?" In the hidden world of computer espionage, the battle may just be gearing...
...molecular biology have enormous potential for both good and evil. Lurking behind every genetic dream come true is a possible Brave New World nightmare. After all, it is the DNA of human beings that might be tampered with, not some string bean or laboratory mouse. To unlock the secrets hidden in the chromosomes of human cells is to open up a host of thorny legal, ethical, philosophical and religious issues, from invasion of privacy and discrimination to the question of who should play God with man's genes...
...speak in terms of eliminating genetic defects is to tread on slippery scientific and ethical ground. As any biologist will testify, genetic variety is the spice of life, a necessary ingredient to the survival of a species. Genes that are detrimental under certain conditions may turn out to have hidden benefits. Sickle-cell anemia, for example, is a debilitating blood disease suffered by people of African descent who have two copies of an abnormal gene. A person who has only one copy of the gene, however, will not be stricken with anemia and will in fact have an unusual resistance...