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...Though the researchers added only one or two new genes to a bacterium's collection of thousands of genes, the creation of such hybrid molecules was a stunning feat. The accomplishment seemed to breach one of nature's more inviolable barriers. Even primates as closely related as gorilla and man are so different genetically that they cannot produce offspring. Thus it was not size alone that made King Kong and his ladylove a mismatch. The real species barrier is in the genes...
...organization, called Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW), protested to Atlantic, which took down the billboard. Now WAVAW is demanding that Atlantic, Warner Brothers and Elektra clean up their album covers, but the companies are stonewalling. Says Warner Bros. Publicity Director Bob Merlis: "If a group wants a gorilla on the cover, they get a gorilla on the cover, unless it's illegal or there's a marketing reason why gorillas aren't a good idea...
...budget of the original, the only way he can think of to do the monster is as a full-size model clumsily driven by 20-odd motors that keep breaking down. It's only natural then that when that idea flops he resorts to a man in a gorilla suit. At the risk of denigrating the obvious care and hard work that De Laurentiis' technicians have put in, I must say that to have a stunt man cavorting about in a Halloween costume is an insult to Willis O'Brien and the Kong he gave...
Regardless of the reason for his ragged literary display, this Savit character, who I can't help but pray is as typical of the average Harvard undergrad as is "Gorilla Monsoon" of the typical Dartmouth student, was very blatant and irresponsible in his editorial accusations: 1) Harvard must be beaten by Dartmouth so that these New Hampshire "preppies" can "justify spending the rest of their lives in a cow pasture"; "Dartmouth fans, obnoxious at best and crybabyish the rest of the time. . ."; "Harvard's victory was so terribly depressing for the Dartmouths. . ."; "you have to wonder how they can stand...
...Connor said he gave Wald the lollipops "to console him" in case the gorilla theater did not meet his tastes...