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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Yeshorim is not the Frankenstein its critics fear. Diseases like Tay-Sachs are a serious problem within the Orthodox community; four of Rabbi Ekstein's 10 children died from it. That medical technology can prevent this should be seen as a blessing. Dor Yeshorim sidesteps the question of abortion by preventing the conception of babies doomed to suffer...

Author: By Arvind M. Krishnamurthy, | Title: Listening to DNA | 12/14/1993 | See Source »

...renewed fighting has turned into Frankenstein's monster running amuck, largely beyond the control of its original superpower sponsors. The West, which for years backed Savimbi, overtly and covertly, as an anticommunist African democrat, finds itself with little leverage over a rogue warlord whose control of Angola's diamond deposits could enable him to finance his operations indefinitely. Backed by oil revenues of $3 billion a year, the government too has looked determined to fight to the finish. Thus, unless this week's developments lead to a lasting truce, the worst is perhaps still to come. In the countryside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Angola: The Forgotten War | 10/18/1993 | See Source »

...most visible role was that of the Frankenstein-ish Herman Munster, which he played from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Alum, TV Star, Dead at Age 66 | 7/6/1993 | See Source »

...card key system, like other exciting technological breakthroughs (e.g. Frankenstein, the atomic bomb, the DeLorean), can be abused. Last month, members of the Civil Liberties Union of Harvard (CLUH) pointed out what George Orwell enthusiasts already suspected--Big Brother Harvard is watching...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brother Harvard | 2/26/1993 | See Source »

...Ford Motor as the nation's No. 1 carmaker. The transition also reflects the decline of computer manufacturers such as IBM, Wang and Unisys, and the rise of companies like Microsoft, Intel and AT&T that create the chips and software to make the computers work. "Just like Dr. Frankenstein, IBM created these two monster competitors," says Richard Shaffer, publisher of the Computer Letter. "Now even IBM is in danger of being trampled by the creations it unleashed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ibm's Unruly Kids | 2/1/1993 | See Source »

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