Word: calling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rage over. Hey, here's one that's perfect. It's an entirely new field, so it'll be in a crude state, open to lots of misinterpreation and distortion, and no one will know anything about it so they'll believe what we tell them. I think they call it 'sociobiology...
...crowd of 700 jammed the Harvard Law School Forum last night to hear oceanographer Jacques Cousteau call for international cooperation to guarantee that all nations share responsibly in the sea's wealth...
...which is controversial enough when dealt with honestly and factually--as I said in my review. If Dawkins doesn't think genes are "selfish in the sense that the dictionary defines the word," then why does he insist on naming his book "The Selfish Gene"? Why didn't he call his book "Interpretations of Natural Selection" and cut out the non-scientific, agitating rhetoric that makes his book sell and that makes his book likely to be misinterpreted by people who do know enough genetics to separate what is fact and what is speculation in Dawkins' book...
...latest enemy kills as if they had been bagged on safari. Simple-minded Straw (Donald Warfield) tends the bodies with gentle piety. Others deal in raw humor or are narcotized by whores. The linchpin of the play is Micah (John Heard), a college boy for whom Nam, as they call it, is agonizing shorthand for the delayed initiation rite of manhood...
Back in his office, he talked trade with two executives and checked out the new scorecard. On page 5, Veeck informs White Sox fans, "If your beer is flat, call Millie Johnson, if the washrooms aren't up to par, call David Schaffer. If you'd like a tryout, give C.V. Davis a call. We don't have a complaint department, but we do have people...