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...just as human as the rest of us. Indeed, you acknowledge the failure of your "viability" rationale: "It is true, though, that because of technological advances in the coming decade or two, almost every fertilized egg will be able to develop independently outside the womb." And yet you cling to your original premise that a fetus is not human...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fetus Should Be Considered Human | 4/5/1996 | See Source »

...SUPPOSE IT'S STILL FAINTLY POSSIBLE THAT THOSE WHO ENGINEERED THE mysterious snatching of 4,000 pigeons from Trafalgar Square had only the best interests of the pigeons at heart. There is that ray of hope to cling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALL THE LOVELY PIGEONS | 3/25/1996 | See Source »

...symbol but take umbrage when its legacy is discussed seem to prefer to wallow in escapism and denial. And those who still revere this flag have even less grounds to complain when I graphically recount the barbarism associated with it. If the South, and Georgia in particular, wishes to cling to the Confederate flag, then its heritage of shame cannot be glossed over...

Author: By David W. Brown, | Title: Dixie's Shame, Part II | 3/20/1996 | See Source »

...experience of travelling so much throughout her life has left Maraire with a belief in the importance of leaving home. "Leaving the comforts of one's culture is at once an enlightening and a shattering experience," she said. "One can no longer cling to the old familiar norms but has to search deep to somehow be true to one's heritage yet have the strength to explore new truths...

Author: By Sarah G. Vincent, | Title: Dunster Alum J. Nozipo Maraire Makes Good with Zenzele | 2/22/1996 | See Source »

These issues cut right across traditional religious dogma. Many people cling to the belief that the origin of life required a unique divine act. But if life on Earth is not unique, the case for a miraculous origin would be undermined. The discovery of even a humble bacterium on Mars, if it could be shown to have arisen independently from Earth life, would support the view that life emerges naturally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE HARMONY OF THE SPHERES | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

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