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...core of the problem for Colin Powell is that no matter which course his candidacy would take, either as a Republican-challenging the party's titular leaders and current front runner-or as an independent, the very act of his running would disrupt the settled pattern of American politics...
Under normal circumstances, the white gene is active only in certain cells, including brain cells, and does nothing to disrupt standard sexual behavior. In the NIH experiments, Odenwald and Zhang inserted a normal version of the gene into embryonic flies, but transplanted the gene in such a way that it was activated in every cell. That's what apparently played havoc with the flies' sex lives. With every cell sucking in tryptophan from the blood, a shortage of tryptophan developed in the brain, where it has important uses. Since tryptophan levels were altered, the researchers hypothesize, the brain was unable...
...Weathermen, a militant spin-off SDS's New Left caucus, violently disrupt the Center for International Affairs, injuring several and breaking windows...
...compared rent control to the proposedbuilding expansion of the Stop and Shopsupermarket, which also generated controversy. Thegroup adopted a moderate, low-key stance,supporting the expansion but urging the city torestrict the truck traffic on Memorial Drive thatneighbors of the grocery thought would disrupt theneighborhood...
...Crimson editorial, McGuire argues that Harvard should not be co-educational. McGuire takes the point of view that the "mission of the University is undermined by the presence of women," who are by nature "more delicate in their sensibilities than men," and who disrupt the education of men. McGuire's concern is solely with the education of men, claiming that "coeducation at Harvard does deleteriously affect many men's attitudes towards women"; a parallel argument would be that Blacks interfere with the education of whites and therefore should not be allowed to study at Harvard...