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...behavior and man's beliefs about it. Ibis guano, the reader learns, enriches the ecology of the Everglades by increasing plankton growth; a loon can be imitated on the ocarina; geese occasionally become homosexual, pair-bonding for life even when heterosexual partners are present; an auk's egg is a marvel of engineering, shaped so that it will not roll from its cliff-edge nest...
...Miro, Edgar Bronfman, 51, the wavy-haired chairman of Seagram Co. Ltd., exudes a certain air of contentment. He should. Last year Bronfman sold the Texas Pacific Oil Co., which Seagram had bought in 1963 for $256 million, to the Sun Co., for $2.3 billion. Bronfman's nest egg has since grown to a stunning $3 billion through shrewd asset management, and he is now leisurely looking for a place to invest the money. Says he: "It's a little like matchmaking. There are a lot of willing brides, but the boy has still to make...
...like to remind people of the historical, traditional emphasis this society has always placed on human life." Because of the paramount value they place on the developing life from the moment of fertilization, some pro-life zealots would outlaw even IUDS and other birth-control methods that prevent the egg from implantation inside the uterus. Abortion-rights advocates have a strong case in rejecting this extreme view. They are on less solid ground...
When does a human being begin to exist? That question is at the very heart of the abortion debate, yet it is far from susceptible to a sure answer. This much is beyond serious dispute: biological life begins at fertilization, when the female's egg is united with the male's sperm. But does a collection of cells constitute a human being? Some biologists believe that fertilization does mark the beginning of humanity, since the fertilized egg is a distinct and unique genetic entity. This belief shores up the antiabortion argument of Catholic bishops as well as those...
Others argue that human life does not start until a week or so after conception, when the fertilized egg has traveled through the Fallopian tube and implanted itself in the wall of the uterus. "We are able to discern [the embryo's] presence and activity beginning with implantation," wrote Dr. Bernard Nathanson, former chief of obstetrical services at New York City's St. Luke's Hospital, in his 1979 book Aborting America. "If this is not 'life,' what...