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Reflecting on that double bind, Song says...
Finally, ethnic studies and multiculturalism may actually be divisive. By emphasizing the primacy of culture above all else, we risk losing the common ties that bind America together and descending into the type of ethnic conflict that is so common and destructive in the world today...
What scientists do know is that water, air and soil all over the world are tainted with small amounts of many of these chemicals. They know that once the pollutants get inside the body, they can bind with receptors that normally recognize estrogen and other natural hormones. They know that these hormones are crucial to the development of a normal reproductive system. And they know that--in lab tests on animals, at least--vanishingly small amounts of industrial chemicals, delivered at just the crucial stage of fetal development, can "feminize" a male embryo, producing smaller testicles, low sperm output...
...have to obey the will of their voters. Some delegates are theoretically free-lancers: Ohio's delegates must sign a pledge for their preferred contender, but party rules state that "they are not legally bound to vote for that candidate at the National Convention." Some states have rules that bind their delegates on the first ballot (such as Arizona), or the first and second ballot (South Carolina), or until the candidate dies or withdraws or releases his charges. Some states allow a delegate to break a pledge if, as in the case of Alabama, two-thirds of the delegation agree...
...stake in who wins the election. On the other, it is aware that it is unseemly to tell the citizens of a great power how to conduct their own affairs; moreover, doing so could lead to a backlash against the very candidates the U.S. favors. That double bind has tightened considerably in recent weeks as newly declared candidate for re-election Yeltsin performs dismally in the polls...