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...destroy itself in the process, as happens in many ordinary human viral infections, or 2) attach itself to the host cell's genetic material and then lie dormant, only to reappear consistently in successive generations of host-cell bacteria. After this dormant phase, chemicals or radiation can still trigger the intruder gene into becoming infective and destructive...
Keppel's powers spread throughout the entire fabric of American education. He is the czar of school integration programs, and can trigger a shut-off of federal funds to any educational project where racial discrimination exists. As Assistant Secretary of Health, Education & Welfare, he heads a committee that is studying the educational efforts of 43 federal agencies. He is chairman of a group that will propose more legislation on education next year, and he will have much to say about the direction of a new federal program for spreading scientific research grants among clamoring universities...
...went on to observe that riots require a climate, a cause and a trigger, and while the leaders of student riots are often "emotionally ill," they require followers will not be found in "a healthy college climate." It is up to college officials, Dr. Blaine concluded, to give the students room to try out their new morality, but at the same time to protect them unnecessary harm...
...convention-chimed in with its own flouting of the military code: henceforth, howled Hanoi, U.S. pilots downed over North Viet Nam would be regarded as "war criminals liable to go before tribunals," Nuremberg-style. The Saigon government, whose crackdown of Viet Cong terrorists was the nominal trigger of the Red reprisals, responded to the cruel dilemma. Last week, five criminals convicted of murder and rape were publicly executed in a downtown square. The life of a Viet Cong agitator was spared...
...craft unions, however, are sure to be heard from further. Only three of the nine have yet signed contracts with the Publishers Association, and any settlement satisfactory to the Guild might well trigger another round of negotiations for the newspapers, most of which can scarcely afford any more concessions. Last week the mailers flexed their muscles by refusing to send enough men to handle deliveries at two papers. "I am shocked that the orderly processes of collective bargaining are being interfered with by these damaging actions," said Publishers Association President John J. Gaherin. "This is bargaining with a piece...