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...physicists, for example, are willing to even entertain the computer-as-universe model, and Boulding's theories of "ecodynamics" and our future cultural evolution have been written off as too vague and unfocused to be of much use. In Wilson's case, the debate over the power of genes, culture and sociobiology still smolders, especially here at Harvard; a decade ago it raged, and bitter (often unfair) words appeared against...
...this is a brawny, rough-and-tumble, rollicking place, animated by the earthy good humor of its Chaucerian folk. Hurly-burly impromptu is the way of Seoul. Round-faced women set up huge speakers on busy street corners, then sit beside them, crooning along to organ music as they entertain themselves. Hypervendors stack up rows of imitation Reeboks on the hoods of cars, using the backseats as storerooms for their goods. A man wanders out onto the sidewalk in his pajamas...
Staff members at Montlake Community Day School try to come up with new ways to entertain and stimulate their charges, about 20 kids who range in age from five to eleven. Every day there are fresh art projects, and occasionally there are puppet-show premieres. The children construct large forts out of masking tape and tightly rolled newspapers. There are sing-alongs and story sharings at snack time...
...House, Democratic Whip Tony Coelho used a 112-ft. yacht and Learjet belonging to Vernon Savings & Loan to entertain contributors and fly to fund- raising parties. Federal thrift regulators last year charged the Texas bank's officers with looting it; two have pleaded guilty to criminal charges in the case. Last year Coelho lobbied for a $5 billion bill to bail out the industry. Coelho has admitted he was wrong to use the yacht and jet; he and the Democrats' campaign committee paid Vernon $48,450 for their...
...have put so much into this, and everyone cares so much--I won't even entertain the possibility that we lost," said one support staff worker...