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Scientists do not expect to find a single chemical that can prevent all types of cancer. But they hope to discover a variety of compounds that could be useful for people who, because of their heredity or life-style, are known to be highly susceptible to particular kinds of malignancy. About 20 different cancer-prevention studies are under way around the world, examining the potential benefits of such compounds as beta carotene and vitamin...
Rusk said, "We'll see this through to the end. Tell Khrushchev we wish we could prevent all this from occurring, but anything may happen." In a word, he exerted pressure on us -- although I wouldn't go so far as to call it a threat; he appealed to us to do something to head off a confrontation...
...most of his countrymen, Jaruzelski remains stranded in a political no-man's-land strewn with the detritus of his nation's recent struggles. Was he a Moscow stooge back in 1981 or a Polish patriot making an unpopular move to prevent the bloodbath of a Soviet invasion? Was he as pivotal a political player during the 1980s as trade-union leader Lech Walesa, or was his just a walk-on part that will quickly fade in memory...
...questions for the White House and Congress are how to complete the S&L bailout as swiftly as possible and how to prevent future financial fiascoes. Proposed remedies range from a complete overhaul of banking and thrift legislation to a soak-the-rich scheme that Joseph Kennedy II, a member of the House Banking Committee, put forward last week. Kennedy's plan would slap surtaxes on individuals with incomes over $100,000 a year and most corporations...
...reminiscences taped after he was ousted in 1964 but withheld by his family for years to prevent reprisals, the late Soviet ruler sheds startling light on how Stalin set the stage for the bloody purges of the 1930s, a wartime overture to Hitler and Castro's bid to launch nuclear missiles against...