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...improvement over some other well-known marks would yield: Someone would drive in 218 runs. The mile record would be 3:11.29. Even so hyperthyroid a measure as the Dow Jones industrial average would leap ahead to the vicinity of 10,100. In a sport whose progress is characteristically Darwinian in both style and speed, McGwire not only collapsed the decades, he invented a new algebra...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mark McGwire': A Mac For All Seasons | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

Predominant on your list were people who successfully and shamelessly exploited the ideas of others for their own profit. These leaders followed a disturbing pattern of capitalism and of the American Century, in which ruthlessness, selfishness, corporate raiding and Darwinian business practices were rewarded. Sadly, if this trend continues, we may find ourselves at a loss for the true visionaries who make the progress of civilization possible. EROL GULAY, AGE 15 Locust Valley...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 28, 1998 | 12/28/1998 | See Source »

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Author: By Katrina ALICIA Garcia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: THE LEARNING CURVE | 12/10/1998 | See Source »

...chronological format reinforces elevated concepts and an outdated way of looking at art as developing toward idealistic perfection," says Mark DeLancy, a teaching fellow for the course. "Art is not a Darwinian concept...

Author: By Katrina ALICIA Garcia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: THE LEARNING CURVE | 12/10/1998 | See Source »

...when Schine returns to the cold, somewhat scientific pseudo-Darwinian logic that she falters. There is an insultingly blatant parallel between Darwin's theory of evolution and the evolution of Jane's friendships and identity. There is no mystery about this self-explanatory connection, but at last Schine introduces a secret family feud. However, the writing again makes any interest vanish. Throughout the novel, the rules of algebra and syllogism appear, "If A=(?) and B=(?), then all one has to prove is (?)." The logic is straightforward, giving the reader time for their own conclusions: if chapter 1=(heavy blinking...

Author: By Nicole A. Lopez, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Slightly Dead Friend, Slightly Dead End | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

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