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Though the official responses were predictable--and even laudable--they may have missed the larger point. The public may welcome ways a government can regulate cloning, but what's needed even more is ways a thinking species can ethically fathom it. "This is not going to end in 90 days," says Princeton University president Harold Shapiro, chairman of President Clinton's committee. "Now that we have this technology, we have some hard thinking ahead...
...this too will pass. Mark my words, the Celtics will win the next championship in this town. We could always fathom the seasonal disappointments of the Bruins and the Patriots, and the tragic downfalls of the Red Sox, because we always had the Celtics to fall back on. The latest Celtic drought will be followed by more reigns. John Walsh, Assistant Director for Design & Production, Harvard University Press
...worn by the killer--was a fake. Groden sounded impressive enough until Peter Gelblum, an attorney for the Goldman family, attacked him as a Kennedy-assassination groupie who held no formal training, credential or qualifications as a photo expert. Lawyers for both sides argued over his resume, trying to fathom his actual occupation. (He has worked as camera repairman and phototechnician, among several activities.) Groden acknowledged on the stand that he has recently made a living selling Kennedy-assassination videos on the street in Dallas and that he sold Kennedy autopsy photos to the Globe tabloid...
...have to be persuaded that the difference between what Amy and Brian did and a third-trimester abortion is only time (a couple of weeks) and place (a $56-a-night motel rather than a clinic) to retreat to a dark corner of your conscience and fathom what is right...
...with Jim." What Cameron promises to deliver, of course, is the Titanic as no one has seen it. The director of Aliens, both Terminators and The Abyss, Cameron has "vast cinematic appetites," as an agent puts it, consistently delivering event films with dazzling effects. Nevertheless, Hollywood insiders can't fathom how Fox and Paramount--which are splitting the cost--will make money. Indeed, soon after shooting began, Paramount became spooked by the budget and demanded that Fox limit its exposure. Facing a possible court fight, Fox agreed...