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...pretty much any show they want to appear in. One is George C. Scott, who last came to Broadway in 1986 as an aging, derelict Huck Finn in an unpopular bit of myth debunking called The Boys in Autumn. Now Scott is back as a quintessential foxy grandpa, all harmless cuss words and mock-fierce benevolence, in a sentimental 1938 comedy-drama about an old man's battle of wits with death, personified as the prissy bureaucrat Mr. Brink. Scott's new role may be at the opposite end of the emotional spectrum from his last, but it prompts...
...conduct that many men consider unobjectionable may offend many women." He noted that because women are much more likely to be victims of rape and sexual assault, they have a "stronger incentive to be concerned with sexual behavior." Men, in addition, are more likely to view sexual conduct as harmless...
...third major contribution to the study of enzymes looked at the resistance of bacteria to penicillin. Bacteria develop a resistance to penicillin by producing an enzyme that makes the antibiotic harmless...
...final word to the vandals. Perhaps you would deny any racist or anti-Semitic motivation. Perhaps you believe you were just letting off some steam with a harmless prank. That you could continue with such illusion and ignorance bespeaks a need for a response full of both candor and compassion...
...Supreme Court nominee. Delaware's Joseph Biden, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, jabbed him with questions and snappy comebacks on Thursday morning, and Thomas was briefly thrown off his monotone. But his Republican handlers called for a break, and both Thomas and his Democratic inquisitors returned to a harmless game of parry and dodge...