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Scientists sort out X and Y carriers by tagging sperm with a fluorescent dye; under ultraviolet light, the X sperm glow brighter. Then the sperm are electrically charged -- positive for male, negative for female -- and a laser beam separates the two. Egg and appropriate sperm are mated in a glass dish, and the resulting embryo is implanted in a cow. The technique is about 90% reliable, which is pretty good odds for farmers to get more beef for the buck. Theoretically, a similar process could be developed for selecting human sex, though that ethical quandary does not appear imminent...
Boxers fill two rows. The pride of the boxer collection is a glow-in-the-dark pair which warns "NO" in the light, then illuminates to "YES" in the dark...
...RETAILERS GOT WHAT THEY WANTED FOR Christmas this year. After several holiday shopping seasons that ranged from dismal to desperate, the final tally for 1992 gave merchants and economists that rosy glow: helped by an obliging calendar that provided two extra shopping days this year, consumers converged on cash registers across the country to spread holiday cheer...
...sets, and the mosquitoes attack. The ends of cigarettes glow red in the dark. Disembodied voices tell jokes, complain about being away from home, discuss strategy and gossip about their comrades-in-arms...
...celebrate the last night of 1992? The same way they have spent every New Year's Eve since 1981, when Bill and Hillary Clinton joined fellow rising stars at Hilton Head Island for a RENAISSANCE WEEKEND of high-minded chat and a chance to bask in one another's glow. Sound like fun? This year a mob of 1,200 pols and aspiring Friends of Bill are clamoring for invitations to the exclusive camp, where 100 favored families will take part in seminars that last year ranged from "Our Fragile Planet" to "Building an Inner Life...