Word: davises
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J.B. Lippincott, the publisher of a recently released book on cloning, said this week that it has revised the latest printings of the book to correct a misquote of Dr. Bernard D. Davis, Lehman Professor of Bacterial Physiology at the Medical School.
In the first printing of the book--entitled In His Image--The Cloning of a Man--author David Rorvik quoted Davis as advocating the cloning of "enormously talented individuals to enhance our culture."
Davis actually said at a 1970 symposium of scientists, theologians and philosophers, that if human cloning becomes possible, "it will be tempting to clone" talented individuals.
While the number of individuals applying to medical schools has declined nationally, from a peak of 42,000 in '74-75, to an estimated 37,000 for '78-79, the number of openings has increased during that time from 14,720 to 16,500, according to Davis G. Johnson, director...
Could there be something Freudian about a painter who invites his mother to sit for a portrait not once but more than 1,000 times? Definitely, since the man is Lucian Freud, grandson of the founder of psychoanalysis. An exhibition of Lucian's works, including five oils of his...