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...unnerved by your referring to Snuppy as an invention. The cloning technique is remarkable, without a doubt, but it is wrong to classify a cloned creature as an invention. Doing so somehow implies that a clone is different and inferior to other living creatures merely because the method of creation was changed. A clone is just another member of its species. Laura White Folsom, California, U.S. Snuppy, the dog cloned by South Korean scientists, was a disturbing choice for Time's Invention of the Year. The cloning of mammals has an extremely low success rate, and experience suggests that Snuppy...
...terrorism in a meeting with German Muslim leaders, and won over some 1 million young people - many of whom had originally signed up to see their beloved John Paul. It was then, perhaps, that the world appreciated that the new head of the Catholic Church would not be a mere caretaker...
...Your list of inventions left me yawning. There weren't any great breakthroughs to dazzle the imagination or inspire hope, or new products that promise to move civilization to its next evolutionary rung. Many of the items were trivial or mere improvements on things already available. It's not TIME's fault that the year didn't see the introduction of something fantastic. From the standpoint of new technology, it was a very dull year. Lou Varricchio Middlebury, Vermont...
...members of the Saudi royal family, he is still the nephew of the late King Fahd and therefore a member of the monarchical government that preaches a reactionary brand of Islam. But as long as accepting this gift does not obligate the University—formally, informally, or by mere gratitude—to hire someone whose political beliefs reflect those of Prince Alwaleed, there is little to be concerned about. Until hiring decisions are made, however, we await notification of which four scholars shall be hired under this gift. Another concern is how Saudi gifts to other academic departments...
...drama-class instincts come rushing back when I hear him say the E-word so proudly, and I do a double take. But I shouldn’t be surprised; we’ve been dancing around the question of elitism all evening.And for good reason. No mere triple Harvard graduate (A.B., M.A., and Ph.D.) is sitting in the Coop Café last Wednesday evening. The former New York Magazine Theater reviewer and current Bloomberg News Drama Critic and Harper’s Book Reviewer is one of the most erudite, powerful, and notoriously unforgiving critics of his time...