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...natural historian at heart, however, I confess my strong preference for the second path of exploration: a search for possible natural occurrences elsewhere. This Columbian path has served us so well before, and nature's products do tend to outshine our own poor workmanship by manifesting things undreamed of in all our philosophy. So let us seek nature's own replicate--on Mars or a few other potential places in our solar system, if we really luck out (and are willing to content ourselves with simple things at bacterial grade and unfit for mutual conversation); or elsewhere, despite daunting distances...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will We Figure Out How Life Began? | 4/10/2000 | See Source »

Perhaps my metaphor is wrong. Internet chess is less like a San Francisco bathhouse than the terminal stages of alcoholism. Playing chess first thing Sunday morning, which I confess I did last week, is about as close as you can get to drinking aftershave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Drinking Aftershave: A Confession | 3/20/2000 | See Source »

...thousands each year. This claim is not simply a misrepresentation, but a consciously fabricated and propagated lie. Dr. Bernard Nathanson, co-founder of National Abortion Rights Activist League, who now opposes abortion, stated, "We spoke of 5,000 to 10,000 deaths a year [from back-alley abortions]. I confess that I knew the figures were totally false...It was a useful figure, widely accepted, so why go out of our way to correct it with honest statistics." Actually, in 1973 45 deaths resulted from illegal abortions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters To The Editor | 3/14/2000 | See Source »

Arthur E. Koski-Karell '01 took the chance to confess his alternative summer plans...

Author: By Harriett E. Green, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Junior Parents Weekend Showcases the College | 3/6/2000 | See Source »

...prevent real dangers like the ones my friend's son faced, it's critical to get to know other parents and clarify your concerns before your child visits. Margaret Sagarese, co-author of The Roller-Coaster Years, suggests this icebreaker: confess that you're struggling with a certain child-safety issue, and ask the other parent how she deals with it. "I know what you mean" is an encouraging response. "I don't know what you're talking about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Other Kids' Rules | 2/14/2000 | See Source »

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