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But the special treatment lavished upon Tommy and other high-profile defendants has reinforced skepticism about those very issues. For too many Indonesians, the trials seem stage-managed, designed to give the appearance of jurisprudence without meting out any real punishment. "I don't see any political will to uphold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mega's trials | 4/1/2002 | See Source »

What takes Bailey's book beyond art history is his ability to see Vermeer in the context of life in mid-17th century Holland. To survive, an artist needed wealthy patrons - and the more the better. Vermeer had few benefactors, and he gained no more than a quarter of his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Clear View from Delft | 4/9/2001 | See Source »

Jungles by Frans Lanting (Taschen; $39.99)

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Treats That Speak Volumes | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

Even if some animals do engage in homosexual activity purely for pleasure, their behavior still serves as an incomplete model--and an incomplete explanation--for human behavior. "In our society homosexuality means a principal or exclusive orientation," says psychology professor Frans de Waal of the Yerkes Primate Center in Atlanta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Gay Side of Nature | 4/26/1999 | See Source »

While Witvliet labors to show the physiological benefits of forgiveness, Emory University primatologist Frans De Waal is busy extending its evolutionary pedigree. A study at his Living Links Center suggests that the Christian church's teaching on reconciliation may be viewed as the refinement of mechanisms reaching back not some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should All Be Forgiven? | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

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