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...mothering strategies work but also how they sometimes break down. Confused teens aren't the only mothers who abandon their babies; other mammals do it too. Parents may recoil when a Susan Smith drowns her sons in a South Carolina pond, but scientists routinely observe infanticidal animals--apparently driven by similarly dark demons--committing similarly black acts...
Instinct," in its human applications, can be a fighting word. Prefaced with "maternal," it's often deployed as a warm-up for the old "barefoot and pregnant" prescription for feminine fulfillment. In fact, if motherhood is a mindlessly instinct-driven occupation, why bother with feet at all? In their zeal to reduce women to reproductive devices, the ancient Chinese eliminated the female foot, at least as a means of locomotion. More recently, in 1981, a male biologist implied in the esteemed journal Science that human females evolved to stand upright long after males did because what did females have...
...fell into each other's boozy, lascivious arms and set off on a saga of extravagant narcissism that became a celebrity contribution to '60s excess--except that it had no redeeming social value. As the civil rights movement marched, and Vietnam tore America apart, and Presidents were assassinated or driven from office, Richard and Elizabeth traveled with retinues, like royalty. They made memorable scenes and drank each other into stupors and blackouts. They dined with Rothschilds or Windsors. If Richard belted Elizabeth and felt contrite the next morning, he might make up by buying her, say, the 33.19-carat Krupp...
...potential of the moodier material. Nothing here's as evocative as The Hot Rock's "The Size of Our Love." And Tucker and fellow singer/guitarist Carrie Brownstein focus on the usual topics in their direct lyrics: relationships and the rock scene. The real interest here comes from the riff-driven, mood-shifting songs, Tucker's delivery (everything from talk-singing to moaning, not to mention singing) and, most of all, the casual, gripping mesh of voices and guitars. Turn it up, grrls. A- -Daniel Luskin...
...talks broke down over the Golan issue, Prime Minister Ehud Barak decided to call Syria's bluff by unilaterally withdrawing from a war that was costing Israeli lives with little security benefit. That suited Hezbollah, which would with some justification claim to be the first army ever to have driven Israel from Arab territory. Instead of being reined in by the heavy hand of Damascus, the guerrilla movement found itself at liberty to step up attacks to reinforce its claim to the mantle of Lebanon's liberators. In the unilateral withdrawal scenario, Israel's only defense against rocket attacks...