Word: knowns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...decade ago, Arthur Jensen discovered that fact the hard way. Jensen, then a little-known professor of educational psychology at the University of California at Berkeley, created a furor and became a target of abuse by publishing an article in the Harvard Educational Review. Its claim: based on IQ tests, whites may be naturally smarter than blacks. Now, battered but unbowed, Jensen, 56, is returning to the fray. In a book to be published in December, he concludes that the IQ tests showing blacks scoring lower than whites are fair, accurate and not-as critics suppose-skewed by culture...
...This indicates that the hydrocarbons were produced by photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert carbon dioxide into organic compounds and oxygen. Ponnamperuma's find shows that life was present on earth 3.8 billion years ago, when the planet was only 800 million years old. The oldest previously known terrestrial life dated back 3.4 billion years...
Tensions and insecurities may have something to do with Pavarotti's gourmandizing too, quite beyond his sensual gusto and need to replenish himself. After a hard evening onstage, he has been known to put away a lobster dinner followed by a steak dinner and an entire basket of rolls, and then to dive for leftovers on his companion's plate. Lambrusco, the slightly fizzy red wine of his native region, does not travel well, according to his palate. When on tour, Pavarotti orders bottles of Mouton-Cadet 1975, say, mixes them with bottles of Perrier water and?ecco!?instant...
...Over plates of polenta (cornmeal porridge), sausage and pork in a thick gravy, washed down with Lambrusco, the talk moves from local politics to musical gossip: the burglary of Herbert von Karajan's Saint-Tropez villa, or the scheduling problems caused by the love affair of two internationally known singers...
...Taleghani was the first religious leader to pronounce the monarchy "illegal" and the first to be arrested for doing so. He remained in Iran throughout the Pahlavi reign, spending a dozen years in prison, but also shaping the groundswell movement that brought the exiled Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini to power. Known for his tolerance, Taleghani served as Khomeini's mediator in disputes with the Kurds and other dissident groups. His own differences with the leader nearly forced a showdown in April when Khomeini arrested two of Taleghani's sons. To popular acclaim, Taleghani warned then against a "return...