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Ironically, researchers are not entirely sure how or even why humans produce two sexes in the first place. (Why not just one -- or even three -- as in some species?) What is clear is that the two sexes originate with two distinct chromosomes. Women bear a double dose of the large X chromosome, while men usually possess a single X and a short, stumpy Y chromosome. In 1990 British scientists reported they had identified a single gene on the Y chromosome that determines maleness. Like some kind of biomolecular Paul Revere, this master gene rouses a host of its compatriots...
...three strongest rivals -- Harkin, Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton and Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey -- all insist they must "do well" in New Hampshire. But none of them defines what that means for fear of inflating expectations. As these three candidates strive to gain a distinct image, the campaign will gain heat. For Kerrey, New Hampshire represents an opportunity to right himself after a rocky couple of months culminating in the replacement last week of his national campaign manager. Harkin, the most combative and liberal of the group, is expected to attack the centrist Clinton, whom Harkin views as his main rival...
...unity, the Twelve found themselves deeply divided over whether to recognize the independence of the breakaway republics of Slovenia and Croatia in the face of continuing attacks by the Serb-dominated national army. On the eve of an E.C. foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels, the Germans were in a distinct minority in their push for recognition -- a move they said would deter further Serbian assaults. By the next day, in an unexpected show of diplomatic muscle, Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher had cajoled and bullied the European partners into partial agreement by threatening that Germany would act alone if they...
Revolutions are messy affairs that may go on for years with climax after climax before a stable new regime is finally established. But along the way they pass distinct turning points at which it becomes clear that the old order is gone beyond any hope of resurrection, and the future's possible shape, however vague and tentative, comes into view. So it was last week in the Soviet Union, late superpower and communist totalitarian state ruled from Moscow...
...letter defending the equation of Zionism and racism was not only misleading but insulting to us as Jews. Zionism is the term Jews use to describe the national part of our culture. It is not distinct from Judaism, but is part...