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...genes pack such power? The DNA in all genes carries instructions for assembling proteins out of chemical building blocks called amino acids. What sets the proteins made by Hox genes apart is the biochemical motif known as a homeobox, a stylized string of 60 amino acids that enables Hox proteins to stick to DNA like strips of molecular Velcro and, in the process, activate still other genes. Hundreds of genes belong to the extended homeobox family, but those that are also homoeotic -- associated with changes in body parts -- are the most important. Though they are few in number...
...solution, advocated by Canady, is to let the states define flag and desecration. But this leads to the problem foreseen by Reed: that a man innocently wearing flag-motif briefs may cross a state line only to find himself hoisted up the nearest flagpole and saluted by troops of Boy Scouts. Furthermore, with the rapid devolution of powers from the Federal Government to the states, a state may be tempted to define "the flag" as its own state flag. Since hardly anyone knows what the state flags look like, we would live in constant fear of desecrating one that resembles...
...HIStory any good? In a way, the Iron Curtain motif of Jackson's ad campaign is on target. HIStory is a lot like communism-out of vogue but still capable of getting large masses of people excited. HIStory's first CD contains digitally remastered versions of some of Jackson's greatest hits, including such classics as Rock with You and Beat It. The second CD has 15 new songs, featuring plenty of guest performers (basketball star Shaquille O'Neal has a rap cameo on the song 2Bad, and sister Janet duets with Michael on Scream) and guest producers (including...
Some of the kids' short, traumatized biographies supported an underlying premise-a motif that the older speakers elaborated upon a bit too automatically. Bernard Kouchner, the French doctor who co-founded Madecins Sans Frontieres and Madecins du Monde, stated the theme when he spoke about Bosnia: Today there are 37 wars going on in the world. The adults have failed, he said. Youth must succeed...
...business--"historical reproductions for home and garden"--has grown from a $6,000 stake to $6 million in sales, thanks largely to gargoyle paperweights, gargoyle table bases-even the occasional gargoyle lamp finial. Stopka links the knobby monsters' popularity to the current vogue of cherubim as a design motif, though he makes an interesting distinction: while gargoyle fanciers are largely male, angelic perfection tends to draw women. Men, apparently, feel more at home with the grotesque...