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...told her about the two social scientists in Virginia, Carl Bowman and James Davison Hunter, who asked American men whether they would fight in a war for this country under any circumstances, and found that 4 1/2 times as many fat ones as skinny ones said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PRIDE OF THE PUDGY | 3/24/1997 | See Source »

...contemplating courses in the new requirement, and we're very enthusiastic if that's the way it all works out," says Statistics Department Chair Carl N. Morris, whose proposed course "Probability: the language of uncertainty," is included in the appendix...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: Proposal to Alter Core Curriculum Draws Fire, Praise | 3/21/1997 | See Source »

...chatty group of the subject's friends and relatives. Producers can generally procure interviews with living subjects too (if not, they rely on existing news footage), since the series does not aim for Hard Copy-esque lambasting. If anything, Biography is uncritical to a fault. An episode on Carl Sagan had movie producer Lynda Obst rhapsodizing about the astronomer's romance with her friend Annie Druyan. The sing-songy-voiced narrator seemed just as enchanted with the story, even though the reality was far from a fairy tale: Sagan was married and a father when he took up with Druyan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: THESE ARE THEIR LIVES | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

...Carl P. Sjogreen '00, who owns a computer consulting company called Shadow Software, says that some companies were originally wary about his age, but soon learned to trust his expertise...

Author: By Lori I. Diamond, | Title: Student STARTUPS | 3/15/1997 | See Source »

Electro music, which supplements or replaces the guitar-driven riffs of regular rock with synthesized sounds, isn't new--R. and B. dance remixers have drawn on it for years. However, the form is bustling with activity these days. Electro visionaries such as Tricky, Goldie and Carl Craig are pushing its boundaries; youthful trip-hop bands such as the Sneaker Pimps and Morcheeba and the promising avant-dance group the Prodigy are giving what has largely been instrumental music a voice, fresh faces and heart; and rock vets like Eric Clapton (with his new band T.D.F.) and David Bowie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MUSIC: RAPPIN' WITH BONO | 3/10/1997 | See Source »

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