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...been particularly outspoken in his anti-sociobiology crusade. Rose, neurobiology professor at the Open University in England, has written on the social implications of biological and psychological research. Kamin, a professor of psychology at Princeton University, uncovered one of the most fraudulent scientific studies ever conducted: Sir Cyril Burt's experiments on intelligence...

Author: By Joanna R. Handelman, | Title: Redetermining Genetic Determinism | 6/5/1984 | See Source »

...Fire), Jewish gangsters (Once Upon a Time in America), breakdancing dervishes (Beat Street), comic exorcists (Ghostbusters), bumbling spies (Top Secret!) and sci-fi sorcerers (The Last Star fighter). The down-home marching band is led by Dolly Parton and Sylvester Stallone (Rhinestone), and at the rear of the pack, Burt Reynolds guns his battered Trans Am tank (Cannonball II). By Independence Day, if past form holds, half of these troops will have seized the imagination and the discretionary income of every American below draft age. The other half will have shot themselves in the foot...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Creature Comforts and Discomforts | 6/4/1984 | See Source »

...hard-cover talent with the paperback rep. His most recent books have been phenomenal sellers, four major publishers are reissuing 14 of his works, and Avon has just paid $363,000 for paperback rights to his latest, LaBrava. The film of his 1983 novel Stick, starring Burt Reynolds and Candice Bergen with David Reynoso, will be released in August...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Dickens from Detroit | 5/28/1984 | See Source »

...general." Yet when discussing with Kowet possible shortcomings in the CBS reporting procedures, Stringer concedes, "I must say I don't feel desperately sorry, and this is an awful thing to say, because I think Westmoreland should have been fired years ago." Said Westmoreland's attorney Dan Burt last week: "The tapes show that Howard Stringer didn't believe the show was accurate, and that he didn't care because he wanted to hook Westmoreland." CBS Lawyer David Boies disagreed, arguing that the quotes from Stringer were taken out of context. In deed, in the deposition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Smoking Guns, Secret Tapes | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

Assists: H. Hawley 3, Pujols. Garavente. Follows, Justin Peyser: D. Dave Burt 2. Gildehause, Jog Bass. Marshall...

Author: By Nick Wurf, | Title: Laxmen Finish Season on Winning Note | 5/14/1984 | See Source »

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