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...This Long Disease," Holub calls our attention to the "importance" of retroviruses, which integrate their genetic code into the chromosomes of the hosts they invade. Scientists believe that a large portion of our chromosomes is composed of such retrovirus DNA--what the body recognizes as "other" has, through evolution, been incorporated into who we are. When we place this fact in the context of Holub's other essays, many of which deal with the injustice of social exclusion and persecution, it acquires a powerfully political resonance. While hardly an apologist for disease, Holub uses the analogy to suggest that...
According to John R. Pitkin, a Cambridge consultant and one of the petition's original signers. Cambridge's perceived over-development stems from a range of problems, including the city's high proportion of tax-exempt institutions, a 36-year-old zoning code and a continuing transition from family-owned businesses to national chains...
More than the fate of South Korea has dropped into the laptops of the technocrats from Washington. The Asian crisis brewing since the summer has reached the Code Red stage. With Thailand and Indonesia receiving IMF bailouts, the fund has become the main hope for containing the East Asian upheavals before they spread to Japan, and from there perhaps to the U.S. Thailand, which came running to the IMF this summer, is getting a $17 billion aid package. Indonesia will get about $23 billion. South Korea initially asked for $20 billion, but last week its Finance Minister indicated the package...
...away from the screening twice for updates on developments in Geneva. Albright demanded that the adjective "unconditional" be inserted in one phrase spelling out Iraqi acceptance of U.N. inspections. In another paragraph, the Americans added that the team would look for ways to make its "work more effective"--diplomatic code words for hunting for weapons in more places...
...crimes] may be copycats," notes police sergeant Dennis Cribari. But Carl Raschke, a University of Denver professor who tracks hate groups, is not reassured: "These people don't have to know each other. They click on the same Websites, they listen to the same music, they know the code." Last week, he surmises, they began a "game of chicken" with city authorities. Denver residents fear the game could take more tragic turns before it's over...