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Paging through a copy of his old yearbook from DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, Federman was reminded that at the time he'd intended to become a psychiatrist...
...introducing it. In the U.S., the onus is on proving that something causes harm rather than proving that it's absolutely safe. So it comes down to a clash between the can-do American ethos and the more skeptical or cautious European one." Adds TIME science editor Phillip Elmer-DeWitt, "In the U.S., the FDA has sufficient scientific prestige that the public will generally trust its assessment of any dangers involved in consuming particular foods, but in Europe there's no equivalent body to the FDA." And maybe they'd be more receptive to that idea than to "Star Wars...
...scientists who agreed to write for this issue, including Stephen Jay Gould, Freeman Dyson, Steven Weinberg and Steven Pinker. "I usually have to cajole scientists of this caliber to take time off to do articles for us, but this time they all quickly said yes," says Philip Elmer-DeWitt, who oversaw the package. "I chalk it up to what I call the POC effect, which means that by naming Albert Einstein Person of the Century, we underscored how serious TIME is about covering science and the ways that science shapes our lives...
Senior Tom Kiler came through with an 8-7 win over Todd Dewitt at 157-pounds, keeping the Crimson on stride with the Bears. Despite a valiant effort at 165-pounds, senior Kevin Kurtz, who bumped up a weight class, lost a tough 8-5 fight in the last seconds of the match to Bears captain Brad McDonald, ranked no. 5 in the EIWA...
...shouldn't count on an outpouring of public sympathy. Consumers who are already on edge after the Microsoft revelations won't be kind if they think fellow computer giant AOL is playing dirty. "This maneuver is really aggressive on the part of AOL," says TIME senior editor Philip Elmer-DeWitt. "These guys hold a larger share of the market than all the other ISPs combined, and they have to behave responsibly." As new Internet users bang their heads against their keyboards in desperation, the last thing they want to worry about is whether their service provider is going to infiltrate...