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...sighting marks were daubed on a wall across the street so the terrorists would know when to trigger the explosives. There were two assassins. One peered through the window and gave directions through a walkie-talkie; at his command, the other pressed the plunger. The identity of these men has not been announced by the police-and is presumably still unknown...
...question of fairness, although the consumer thinks of it that way. Allocation has to be balanced to provide for balanced production." In other words, fuel will have to be denied primarily to those industries least likely to have a significant impact on other industries and thus least likely to trigger a severe recession that would boost unemployment beyond the 6% rate now widely expected next year...
...There is new evidence that the main cancer villains are viruses, submicroscopic packets of nucleic acids that can invade cells and take over their genetic machinery. Using immunological techniques to identify antigens (the substances that trigger the body's defenses), Dr. Donald Morton of the University of California at Los Angeles has found signs of viral activity in human sarcomas, or cancers of connective tissue. Drs. Werner and Gertrude Henle of the University of Pennsylvania have studied an intruder known as the Epstein-Barr virus in cells from victims of Burkitt's lymphoma, a tumor of the lymph...
...Connecticut big men, Cal Chapman, Gary Custick and Earl Wilson dominated the backboards in the first half to trigger a devastating fast break with quick outlet passes to the Huskie guards...
Value is found not in objects or personalities themselves, but in the degree they trigger his mind to acknowledge their identity. When Skelton's skiff is finished and he and his girl Miranda haul it to the harbor, he scorns unearned satisfaction...