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Although there is a small drift to ward Carter, the race quite clearly is virtually even. The key variable may be the degree of turnout among the sup porters of the two candidates, which the Yankelovich survey makes no attempt to predict. But the poll did ask whether voters were looking forward to Election Day or whether they wished they did not have to make any choice at all. Thirty percent say they would rather avoid making a selection. That figure, moreover, rises to 55% among the undecided, the very group now tending toward President Carter. What is more, fully...
These techniques have eased the way for all sorts of gene splicing. By the insertion of appropriate new genes, bacteria have already been "taught" to produce interferon, the antiviral substance that helps the body ward off disease, as well as human insulin. In the offing: gene-replacement therapy for genetic ailments, the creation of new types of plants and industrial enzymes, possibly even an understanding of cancer...
...correspondents showed that he has a loyal following that seems determined to ride out the race with him. These Anderson backers reject the notion that their votes should be influenced by whether or not Anderson can win. "It is everyone's obligation to vote their conscience," argued George Ward, a consulting engineer in Washington, Conn. Insisted Margaret Gilvar, a housewife in Oakham, Mass.: "It is more important that citizens who are concerned make a protest than be swayed by the impact an Anderson vote could have on the other candidacies." Contended Chicago Attorney Andrew Williams: "The fact that Anderson...
...headache for them as they were for Miami's Dade County, where many schools may have to hold double sessions to accommodate the children of refugees who settled in the county. Jackson Memorial, the county's only public hospital, is so overcrowded that its maternity ward has put 20 new mothers on stretchers in the halls. Police report that chiefly because of the refugees, the crime rate in Miami's Little Havana has soared: robbery was up 775% and assault up 109% over the previous summer. Dade County jail is jammed with prisoners, many of them refugees...
...little Phil (and the movie) meander around Manhattan because the Mob has covered all the bus, train and air terminals and the fugitives never think to rent a car. But nothing fazes Gloria, who smokes Salems down through the filters, talks cheekily with hoods and, in defense of her ward and for the sheer hell of it, triggers half a dozen deaths...