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...optimistic prognosis. Rosenberg reported that the malignant cells found in the presidential polyp were moderately well differentiated, suggesting that they are of a fairly slow-growing variety. It was also encouraging, he said, that physicians had found no evidence that the President's cancer had spread beyond the section of the bowel removed during surgery. It was particularly significant that no malignant cells were found in the 15 lymph nodes in the excised section of the colon. These bean-shape structures act to screen the lymph, a watery fluid drained from between the body's cells, for bacteria and abnormal...
...malignant cells. On July 3, only ten days before the President's operation, Neil had major surgery to remove the growth. Ritt reports that it was in the same area of the colon as the President's, that it was classified as Dukes B, and that a 2-ft. section of Neil's colon had been removed. Even though some doctors believe that a tendency to develop intestinal polyps may run in a family, Ritt is incredulous. Says he: "I've never seen a family where the incident happened at the same time in the same place...
...Administration's increasingly tough words about terrorism have seemed up until now just that: words. Last week, however, the U.S. invoked for the first time a section of a 1984 anti-terrorist law to help track down the gunmen who sprayed bullets into a San Salvador café last month, killing four Marines and two other U.S. citizens. Proclaimed the State Department: "The U.S. Government announces a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the effective prosecution and punishment of those responsible for the murders...
Despite the rhetoric, delegates made intense efforts to succeed at the main business of the conference: ratifying the document on "forward-looking strategies." In one section of the report, the members urge their countries to put an economic value on the work of women who raise families, keep house and grow crops. The action was inspired by the London-based International Wages for Housework Campaign, whose organizers attended the NGO forum. The group of activist homemakers has called for a oneday, worldwide housework strike on Oct. 24 to demand government salaries for cooking, cleaning and child care. As radical...
...News section remains the untamed beast. From the start, USA Today editors decided to forgo the dutiful, gray Page One display of a traditional newspaper. "That was the easy part," recalls John Quinn, 59, the paper's editor. "But what should we put on instead? That's tough." The ideal mix, in Quinn's opinion, is a banner story across the top that grabs the reader's attention (SUPER HORSE JOHN HENRY PUT TO PASTURE headlined one issue last week). Another story tries to get a jump on the day's events (CHINA'S LI, REAGAN TALK PACTS TODAY...