Word: evolutionism
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They are locked in unlikely combat, and no truce is in sight. On one side are the scientists, who have amassed such overwhelming geological, paleontological and biological evidence that evolution has shaped the course of life on earth that they take the theory for granted, sort of like the law...
Even in producing its separate chambers, Bomby did nothing extraordinary. It descended from a family of ground beetles that have single internal chambers and merely added the second compartment by subdividing the first. Eisner also offers strong evidence, in the form of "living fossils," that the bombardier did indeed evolve...
Having contributed to what he thinks is compelling evidence confirming that Bomby evolved, Eisner sees no reason to choose Darwin at the expense of God. Says he: "Why not think of a supreme deity who devised the scheme of evolution?"
At this point, Carter's florid, energetic style begins turning an already complicated narrative into a three-ring extravaganza. As if the local color of Imperial Russia and a weird group of invading performers were not enough, obscure allusions begin clamoring for attention. One of the star acts in Colonel...
IT IS WINTER in New York and everything, even the usually yellow snow, is in grainy black and white. This is Stranger Than Paradise, Jim Jarmusch's independent film that won the 1984 "Newcomer's" award at Cannes in May. The story of its evolution is near-legendary by virtue...