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...Profet's claim that menstruation is widespread in mammals. She acknowledges that this part of her theory is speculative, but she predicts she will eventually be proved right. "You can't say these animals don't menstruate just because you can't see it," she explains. "You have to dissect them to find it." Rasweiler agrees, but so far, he insists, there is little evidence that any more than a handful of species -- including primates, bats and elephant shrews -- menstruate. "If other species don't, that raises % the question of how they rid themselves of pathogens," says Rasweiler...
...that means writing about losses and mistakes with as much energy and gusto as victories or clutch plays. When the athlete errs, it's the sportswriter's responsibility to explain the "what" and "why," to dissect the moment and explain its significance. To do otherwise, to let an important--albeit unpleasant--moment pass without articulating its meaning, would deny the essence and demean the importance of the entire endeavor...
...this fall's Remains of the Day, to enumerate her gifts. "First of all," he says, "Emma is sane. That's a wonderful thing. She also has intelligence, tremendous acting talent and terrific style. She's funny and fun to be with -- always. American actors mercilessly dissect everything. They worry and wonder about it all the time. The British tend to act instinctually." As Christopher Reeve, who also appears in Remains of the Day, notes, "She reads the script, gets it under her skin and leaves herself alone. She doesn't make Great Moments; she stays light on her feet...
...years, voters have been warned about the dangers of these 30- and 60- second political spots. Network newscasts alert viewers to the manipulative potential of the campaign ads they are seeing on those same channels. Major newspapers like the New York Times and the Washington Post dissect ads with the scrupulous attention usually reserved for tax audits...
Love and War is shrewder and funnier, but its therapy-session psychologizing tends to run amuck. Wally and Jack, the couple from opposite sides of the tracks, dissect their relationship in first-person comments to the camera. (He: "I have this feeling about her. It's like the first time I rode the Cyclone at Coney Island. I was strangely excited, and a little nauseous at the same time." She: "I've always found his type very attractive, but I'm in a dangerously vulnerable place right now.") Conversing with each other, however, they revert to adolescent stammering. Jack tries...