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While some critics of biotechnology cite it as an attempt by man to play God, most scientists view it as merely the latest example of man playing man, exploiting nature as he always has. "A dairy cow was not put on this earth to produce milk for humans," Wagner says. "It was put here to make more cows. We just adapted them to our needs." Harvard Microbiologist Bernard Davis agrees. "Genetic engineering in animals is simply an extension of domestication," he says. "Of all the technologies that man has developed, domestication probably has the best record of enormous benefits...
...Analysts cite a variety of reasons for this return to the nest. The marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its amenities particularly attractive to young people, say experts. A high divorce rate and a declining remarriage rate are sending economically pressed and emotionally battered survivors back to parental shelters. For some, the expense of an away-from-home college education has become so exorbitant that many students now attend local schools. Even after graduation, young people find their wings clipped by skyrocketing housing costs. Notes Sociologist Carlfred Broderick of the University of Southern California...
...Many cite the 1985 Kansas City Royals as an example that the best team doesn't always win. The Royals took a .562 winning percentage into the World Series against the Cardinal's mighty .616, but Kansas City prevailed in seven games. Name the World Series team brought the worst-ever regular-season winning percentage into the Fall classic...
...Deng Xiaoping's reforms are still on track -- and making headway. Western visitors to Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Guangdong provinces, where free enterprise thrives in factories and shops, have found no retreat from the reforms. To emphasize that the political furor in Peking has left them largely unaffected, local officials cite a Chinese maxim: "The mountains are high, and the emperor is far away." Even in the capital the pace of change seems unabated. The Bank of China last week agreed to link its Great Wall credit card with New York-based MasterCard International operations. The move came just two weeks...
Massachusetts Democrats are excited about the presidential possibilities for native son Mike Dukakis. The numerous backers for this as yet undeclared candidate cite Dukakis' many advantages: body, bounce, and uniqueness. His opponents, however, claim that Dukakis has far too much hair for a man his age, and needlessly sports wheelcovers over his ears...