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...more nugget of possibly boring but crucial biochemistry: the erectile tissue in the penis has a finite number of receptors for cyclic GMP. This means that a normally functioning man with adequate levels of the chemical shouldn't get any more bang for his buck by gobbling Viagra; the variations anyone feels in his or her sexual response are due to factors outside the drug's purview. At the same time, Pfizer hasn't done any testing of the drug on nonimpotent men to prove the point, but it's hard to imagine that biochemical nitpicking is going to stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Viagra Craze | 5/4/1998 | See Source »

...minority applicant who was denied admission or tenure. Until you make such an offer, I will have to doubt your sincerity. It's all too easy to favor affirmative action once your own seat in the Harvard class or your own tenured position on the faculty is secure. JEREMY BUCK Cambridge, Mass., April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Defending Affirmative Action Easy for Those Chosen | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

...Diamondbacks, with Andy Benes on the mound and Buck Showalter in the dugout, open at home against Colorado. Kile, a free agent signed to be the Rockies' top pitcher, faces an Arizona lineup that includes Matt Williams, Jay Bell and Devon White...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HIGHLIGHTS | 3/31/1998 | See Source »

...tide of contaminants seeping into neighborhoods and creeks across the Summit Valley. Some people are concerned about a shroud of morning mist and fog--a product of the lake--that envelops parts of the town. "All that moisture has to be carrying bad things in it," says worried restaurateur Buck Loomis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Butte, Montana: The Giant Cup Of Poison | 3/30/1998 | See Source »

...BUCK NEVER STOPS Great economic news, Bill! The latest Moni-market indicators suggest a solid rise in g.d.p. (or gross domestic products). At a Manhattan gourmet shop, snackers can nibble a $20 Monica cookie. In New York a cable ad promotes a phone line to the Oval Orifice. In Germany a decorating company boasts that its "wall-to-wall carpets are knee-friendly and bugging-proof...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Mar. 16, 1998 | 3/16/1998 | See Source »

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