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...that could leave the nation's money vulnerable to actions by the world's two largest gold producers, the a Soviet Union and South Africa. A return to the gold standard, warn some monetarists, could limit the Government's ability to control the money supply and trigger a deflation as crippling as that suffered in the Great Depression...
...Atlantic to the U.S., detouring the Persian Gulf. Hatfield, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, found the idea appealing. Said Hatfield last week: "I maintain the fierce conviction that an oil pipeline through Africa would substantially reduce the potential for conflict in the Persian Gulf-a conflict which could trigger World War I I I." Hatfield introduced Tsakos to Energy Secretary Donald Hodel and Exxon President Howard Kauffmann. Hatfield also discussed the project with Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiri...
...other at the National Institutes of Health and Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Washington, announced they had taken a major step toward creating the first malaria vaccine. The teams reported in the journal Science that they had synthesized a constituent of the malaria parasite that could trigger immunity to the disease. "This is the protein that is important in developing protective antibodies against the initial stage of the malaria parasite," explained Colonel Franklin Top of Walter Reed. "For the first time, we have the possibility of making enough of it to test its use as a vaccine...
...defeated by a 55-41 vote, but only after Maine Republican William Cohen had worked out a less drastic alternative: U.S. troops would stay at the present level while the allies would be prodded to increase their commitments. Said Nunn afterward: "I achieved what I set out to do, trigger a serious debate. The main objective is to provoke European allies into doing more...
...involving testosterone, which is present, though in different amounts, in both men and women. Normally, the hypo thalamus, the part of the brain that regulates many of the body's func tions, "tastes" the testosterone levels; if it finds them too low, it signals the pituitary gland to trigger increased production...