Word: trace
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...start in just one of the body's billions of cells, triggered by a stray bit of radiation, a trace of toxic chemical, perhaps a virus or a random error in the transcription of the cell's genetic message. It can lie dormant for decades before striking, or it can suddenly attack. Once on the move, it divides to form other abnormal cells, outlaws that violate normal genetic restraints. The body's immune system, normally alert to the presence of alien cells, fails to respond properly; its usually formidable defense units refrain from moving in and destroying the intruders. Unlike...
Even the Old Farmer's Almanac could not have foreseen it all. Barely a trace of snow in New England, yet mounds of it down in Dixie. Norfolk, Va., accumulated twice as much snow as Burlington, Vt, or Portland, Me., and about one-third more than Chicago. Florida too was taking its licks. In early March, temperatures plummeted below freezing, putting a squeeze on the citrus crop, and tornadoes cut across the southeast part of the state. Up North folks were trying to decide whether to pack away mufflers and mittens after spring-in-December readings...
...American presence in the city creates tension. American officers in Heidelberg speak little or no German, and their wives rarely leave the base to venture into the city surrounding them. American boys play football on the Neckarvise, the grassy bank of the river. On a Sunday afternoon, no trace remains of last night's cowboys or clowns, only docile families, discreet and not-so-discreet sweethearts, and decrepit ice cream peddlers. The Germans don't play American football or drive Mercedes, and they resent the wealthy foreigners who make no attempt to learn their language. Although the Germans respect American...
...unexpected harshness of the Supreme Court decision in the case of the CIA spy who told suggests a court much preoccupied with leaks. Some critics trace this concern to the Justices' embarrassment over their own private doings as set forth in the bestselling book The Brethren and to the anticipated candor of the late Justice Douglas' forthcoming memoirs (see LAW). But the problem of leaks, and the damage they may inflict, is a real one. It has much to do with the kind of society we have become...
...added evidence that the diamonds arrived in a meteorite, Sobotovich cited their level of carbon 14, a radioactive isotope of carbon found in meteorites that have been subjected to prolonged bombardment by cosmic rays in space. University of Chicago Geochemist Edward Anders cautions that even a trace of unburnt peat could produce a high reading of carbon 14. But, based on these levels, the Soviets calculate that the meteorite must have weighed at least 4,000 tons...