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...advent of genetic engineering, among other things, has allowed researchers to begin breaching that natural barrier. Last spring scientists at Duke University Medical Center reported that they had successfully altered the genetic makeup of a strain of pigs. As a result, the researchers managed to fool the immune systems of three baboons into accepting pig hearts, for a short while at least. Using a similar technique, the British biotechnology company Imutran has produced a herd of 300 genetically altered swine. The company expects to transplant either a pig's heart or a liver into a human subject later this year...
...ethnic makeup of that march will be worth keeping an eye on. Promise No. 6 is the pledge to reach "beyond any racial and denominational barriers to demonstrate the power of biblical unity." William Martin, a Rice University sociologist who specializes in modern revival movements, suggests that this multiracialism is the one part of the Promise Keepers' program "that would be moving participants to a new position, rather than reinforcing beliefs they already hold. It could have a remarkably beneficial result if enough blacks can be made to see that it is serious--not just 10,000 white guys looking...
...dawn, Walters and her crew are at the Vertical Club, a Manhattan fitness center. They have taken over an indoor tennis court to tape an interview with Monica Seles, one of her 10 Most Fascinating People. Walters had to get up at 5 a.m. to have her hair and makeup done in time for the 7 a.m. shoot, but that's no big deal since she kept much the same hours at NBC's Today show for 15 years. Seles and her entourage arrive blithely late, but if Walters is annoyed, she hides it well, chatting up the young tennis...
They sought an ethnic and gender makeup of their respondents pool that mirrors the makeup of a typical HBS class...
...makeover in December's Seventeen (left). Well, it had to happen. In the year she has lived in the U.S., Baiul has cottoned on to a lot of what it means to be an American teenager. When not performing, she likes to shop, she says, especially for clothes and makeup. And while her English isn't perfect--"I put headlights in it," she says of her new hair color--the 17-year-old has picked up the essentials without formal study. "I like fashion," she says. "But I won't wear anything that looks...