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...glamorous otherness-of a WASP elite as tall, thin and gleaming as Deco skyscrapers, of an oasis of chic, an object of pride and envy for the white ethnics living in Brooklyn and the Bronx and Paramus and points west-has a lot to do with a 10-block patch of midtown real estate called Broadway. That's where the swells dressed up for the opening night of a Gershwin show starring Fred and Adele Astaire. The Woolworth Building, four miles down the street, was the Cathedral of Commerce; the village of legitimate theaters made Manhattan, for its outlying neighbors...
...early rock-'n-roll story song, in which the singer pines that he's seen his girl kiss another guy behind her drawn windowshade. His furious knocks on the building's door are answered by a stranger, who "said to my shock / 'You're on the wrong block.'" Finally he rushes back to the girl he now realizes was faithful. Happy ending. Moral: Learn to trust...
...professor of medical science at the Catholic University of Korea in Seoul and a member of the Korean Bioethics Association, described Korean reaction as "very emotional and very supportive" of Hwang's research: "They are enraged at the idea that ethical concerns could block scientific advances." She said government and media are confusing the public by obscuring the real issue-that "Korean science has lost credibility in the world." Seoul National University's oversight committee announced that its investigation showed no ethical or legal problems, she notes, but "Korea's representative scientist just turned out to be a liar...
Where's Ross Perot when you need him? As the year winds down, Congress is rushing to finish doling out money to federal programs. But amid all the haggling over deficit-reduction bills, some pet projects haven't exactly been put on the chopping block...
...draw increased Democratic scrutiny-and possibly a confirmation-halting filibuster-after the discovery of a 20-year-old Reagan White House job application documenting his specific political opinions. Colorado Democratic Senator Ken Salazar said Alito's objection to a constitutionally recognized right to abortion could force Democrats to block him. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) lambasted Alito's position on a landmark 1962 Supreme Court case that made states judicially accountable for drawing accurate voting districts...