Word: hidden
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Humanity already benefits greatly from the genetic heritage of little-known species. Some 25% of the pharmaceuticals in use in the U.S. today contain ingredients originally derived from wild plants. Hidden anonymously in clumps of vegetation about to be bulldozed or burned might be plants with cures for still unconquered diseases. "I know of three plants with the potential to , treat AIDS," said Janzen. "One grows in an Australian rain forest, one in Panama and one in Costa Rica...
...P.L.O. dialogue has stripped away an excuse Israel has long hidden behind. The policy of not dealing with the P.L.O. has allowed Israel to avoid entering a negotiation certain to result in its losing pieces of Eretz Yisrael. Branding the P.L.O. as terrorist has been the most convenient and effective way of keeping the occupied territories in Israeli hands. As long as the U.S. did not talk with the P.L.O. either, Israel felt no need to address the fundamental trade-off of territory for peace. Now Israel may find it harder to avoid the issue. In the meantime, some prominent...
...even the Communist Party, due process is still applied capriciously. This is particularly vexing to foreign investors who, after being ardently wooed by the Chinese, arrive to discover intransigent bureaucrats and a host of previously undisclosed rules governing everything from wages to repatriation of profits. As once hidden regulations come to light, such snags should become a thing of the past, though the transition to openness may take some time. After all, says Gelatt, "freedom of information is not a hallmark of Chinese society...
...trip to the men's room is Niagaral; the urinal is a huge stainless-steel waterfall (no compensating astonishment for women). A newcomer can be sent to find a tiny round bar that might seat ten people, hidden near the entrance. Finding it is not easy, to the satisfaction of Rubell and Schrager. They insisted that their builder hide the door. "Discreet is in," says Rubell, 46. "If you don't know where it is," observes Schrager, 42, "you wouldn't be comfortable there. Our guests will be a certain sort of people who will feel right here." The Royalton...
...presidents of the Harvard Radcliffe Asian American Association, firmly believe that a hidden quota is not used by the Undergraduate Admissions Office in selecting qualified Asian Americans...