Word: interestedness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nixon says he seemed to be aware of the issuesand "had a good sense of Washington." "He was veryengaged, very interested and wanted to know ourpoints of view," Nixon says.
Last week the Justice Department released stunning news: violent- and property-crime rates, which have been dropping since 1991, are at their lowest level in 24 years. In 1997, murder dropped 8% and robbery fell 17%; early 1998 figures suggest the trend continues. Experts can't agree on why, citing...
But while the genome project has been methodically chronicling the details of human cells--including long stretches of DNA, amounting to some 97% of the total, that contain no genes at all--private companies have opted for a very different approach. Their maps are more like satellite photographs that take...
Even thornier is the question of what kinds of genetic tinkering parents might be willing to elect to enhance already healthy children. What about using gene therapy to add genes for HIV resistance or longevity or a high IQ? What about enhancements that simply stave off psychological pain--giving a...
In his In the Name of Eugenics (1985), an invaluable source for everyone interested in this strange movement, historian Daniel J. Kevles notes, somewhat dryly, that "eugenicists identified human worth with the qualities they presumed themselves to possess--the sort that facilitated passage through schools, universities and professional training." Kevles...