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Indeed, the almost daily advances in our ability to forecast any of the 4,000 inherited diseases our genes might bequeath us have created such a thorny knot of private, ethical and social issues that the new genetic procedures are the subject of some 20 bills before Congress. In addition, 3% or 4% of the federal investment in the Human Genome Project--about $90 million--is now going to studies seeking to untangle them. One result is the imminent appointment of an 11-member blue-ribbon panel to advise Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala...
RUSSELL SIMMONS, co-founder of Def Jam Recordings and perhaps the most eligible bachelor in hip-hop, was set to tie the knot in a religious ceremony on Sunday on the island of St. Barts--if he made it to the church. It's been a big year for the 41-year-old Simmons: his company scored major hits, including best-selling albums by rappers JAY-Z, DMX and METHOD MAN. Def Jam expects revenues to hit $190 million for 1998. Simmons' bride is 23-year-old model KIMORA LEE, host of his TV show, One World Music Beat...
...right of the crease. This put him in the perfect position to pick up the rebound off defenseman Christian Warrington's shot from the right point. Jonas lunged to knock the puck off Duval's stick, but Duval maintained possession and skated around the sprawled goaltender to knot the game at four...
...group of eight people is huddled around one another, slowly waving their arms in the air to create an undulating wave of flesh as they push against one another and move within the knot of people. A woman and a man step forward and backward as if they were waltzing, but flap their arms and bend at the waist almost like chickens pecking at seeds...
...PREPARED, PART 11 If the only historical artifacts of the 20th century were the 11 Boy Scout handbooks--issued from 1910 to last week--it would be remembered as an era in which the square knot retained its central importance. Chivalry, woodcraft and "duck-on-a-rock," on the other hand, made way for low-impact camping, Internet etiquette and self-defense from sexual abuse. The new book is printed in color on recycled paper, and it, alas, no longer offers such wise saws as "all trainers know that smoking is bad for the wind...