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...Huntington, the Weatherhead University Professor and author of Who Are We? The Challenges to America’s National Identity, defended his recent book against arguments by Divinity School Professor David Little and Rudenstine Professor of Latin American Studies David Carrasco, who said that immigrants add rather than take away from American identity...
...everyone knows that Kerry voted for the war in 2002 and then against the $87 billion in reconstruction funds last fall when his campaign began to lose ground to antiwar candidate Howard Dean. That bit of political expediency would have been survivable had Kerry not turned up, exhausted, in Huntington, W.Va., a few months later confessing that "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it." Karl Rove called that comment the most damaging 11 seconds in American politics--and the Bush campaign made the remark the center of a multimillion-dollar ad blitz...
...antioxidants, which fight off the ravages of molecules called free radicals, which can damage DNA. Another set directs the creation of proteins called chaperones; they help other proteins fold into their proper shapes. They also detect and destroy improperly folded proteins that can cause such aging-related ailments as Huntington's disease. Other genes affect the transport of fat around the body--which may also have an effect on aging--and create proteins that kill invading microbes. "It's like an orchestra," says Kenyon. "The conductor is the hormones. You have the flutes as the antioxidant genes. The violins would...
...wonderful if, instead of having turf battles over who is in charge of intelligence gathering, the heads of the FBI and the CIA, ALONG WITH THEIR AIDES, would meet weekly for a full day to brainstorm, share information and ideas and make plans for future interagency cooperation? BRUCE BARTEL Huntington Beach, Calif...
...understand. Peter H. Spielmann Rancho Mirage, California, U.S. Wouldn't it be wonderful if, in-stead of having turf battles, the heads of the FBI and the CIA, along with their aides, would meet weekly for a full day to brainstorm, share information and ideas and cooperate? Bruce Bartel Huntington Beach, California, U.S. The Danger of Absolutes The U.S. deserves admiration for its great achievements, as well as the world's sympathy for the atrocious attacks of 9/11 [Aug. 2]. But having just returned from a lengthy stay in the U.S., I was amazed by how little most Americans seem...