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...would work this hard to hash out such an enthrallingly elaborate belief system--the human imagination is depthless, the anthropologists point out--if more profound needs weren't being met as well. At its core, the Myth is a secular way to give the universe meaning, and humanity a renewed place at the head of the table: not only are we not alone, not only are the skies populated by superhuman beings, but their visits here are prima facie evidence that we are of some consuming interest. In Saler's words, the Roswell Myth is "an effort to put enchantment...
...close--what happens when a government gets too much power," Appelbaum says as he closes a menu at the Grafton Street Pub and orders the traditional American brunch of eggs, bacon and hash browns. "It can't solve everything, and it only makes most things worse...
...Loida N. Lewis, the mother of Leslie N. Lewis '95, was "extremely supportive" of her daughter's decision to decline a plush job offer in her hometown of New York City in favor of slinging hash at a trendy Miami beachfront eatery...
...justified, given that REITs make it easy to buy and sell commercial real estate for any size portfolio. Besides, property values are rising from the ashes of the '80s bust, and rents are going up too. Biggs believes REITs will return 12% over the next 12 months. Steve Hash, an analyst at Lehman Bros., notes that profit from office rentals in Los Angeles is about $12 per sq. ft. It will go to $17 before any serious building begins. In the last cycle, the figure went to $30 before the market became saturated and rents slumped, taking property values down...
...problem is that once you start shading the cloning question--giving an ethical O.K. to one hypothetical and a thumbs-down to another--you begin making the sort of ad hoc hash of things the Supreme Court does when it tries to define pornography. Suppose you could show that the baby who was created to provide marrow for her sister would forever be treated like a second-class sibling--well cared for, perhaps, but not well loved. Do you prohibit the family from cloning the first daughter, accepting the fact that you may be condemning her to die? Richard McCormick...