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...story-line, bringing an element of theater to dance. In a spirit that combines a touch of Shakespearean drama with Hasty Pudding theatricals, the ever predictable evil stepsisters are not so predictable. In the first scene of Act I, the stepsisters enter the stage dauntingly tall, grotesquely covered in makeup, and shockingly clumsy, heavy and graceless. If this contrast to the traditional, petite, lithesome ballerina did not tune one in, the exposure of bulging arms and gigantic hands by the middle of the act confirm that these step "sisters", brilliantly performed by Todd Eric Allen and Howard Merlin, are simply...

Author: By Amanda S. Federman, | Title: Swept Away by the Boston Ballet | 4/22/1993 | See Source »

...believes there is a single "criminal gene" that programs people to maim or murder. Rather, a person's genetic makeup may give a subtle nudge toward violent actions. For one thing, genes help control production of behavior-regulating chemicals. One suspect substance is the neurotransmitter serotonin. Experiments at the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in North Carolina suggest that extremely aggressive monkeys have lower levels of serotonin than do more passive peers. Animals with low serotonin are more likely to bite, slap or chase other monkeys. Such animals also seem less social: they spend more time alone and less...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seeking The Roots of Violence | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

...Makeup: Eugene F. Coyle (Chief); Alison E. Ruffley, Leonard Schulman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Masthead | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

...Makeup: Eugene F. Coyle (Chief); Alison E. Ruffley, Leonard Schulman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Masthead | 4/12/1993 | See Source »

...poll, released this week in U.S. News and World Report, reached a group of 400 Harvard students that mirrors the College's ethnic and gender makeup. The poll has a margin of error of 5.7 percent. Luntz, an adjunct professor at the University of Pennsylvania, conducted the poll last November with 12 Penn students

Author: By Melissa Lee, | Title: Poll Says Harvard Lags In Student Promiscuity | 4/8/1993 | See Source »

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