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Barely two months old, little Adam Nash has already made history. The Colorado infant is the first test-tube baby from an embryo screened and selected for implantation from among several competing embryos in order to provide matching tissue for an ailing older sibling...
Without dramatic intervention, Molly Nash, 6, who suffers from a blood disorder that leads to dangerously low blood-cell counts and constant fatigue, could have died within a year. Her only hope was a bone-marrow transplant, preferably from a genetically matched sibling...
...making their decision to borrow a bit of Adam's tissue, the Nashes realize that they are exposing themselves to scrutiny--and to criticism. "We're not trying to force our decision on everyone, but we wanted others to know that genetic testing is available," says Lisa Nash, the children's mother. Welcome to the Brave New World, Molly and Adam...
Also, Margot Button and Brian Nash, two local singers, starred in the world premiere of "The Brain Food Opera," a farce presented in three acts, set to well-known pieces of music from operas such as Carmen and La Traviata...
...restless Paul Simon. He was in his polyrhythmic New York street-boy mode, placing percussive emphasis and new-agey world music arrangements on hits such as "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "Graceland." Two musical highlights from the evening spotlighted the night's political purpose. The finale had Crosby, Stills & Nash leading all the performers (save Midler) chorusing on the presciently themed "Teach Your Children," a song that Graham Nash might have custom-composed for the Gore-Lieberman campaign (if he hadn't written it 32 years earlier.) The sentimental charm of the song seemed to capture the exuberant spirit...