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...Magazine tracked the efforts of the Raelians, a religious group committed to, among other things, welcoming the first extraterrestrials when they appear. They intend to clone the cells of a dead 10-month-old boy whose devastated parents hope, in effect, to bring him back to life as a newborn. The Raelians say they have the lab and the scientists, and--most important, considering the amount of trial and error involved--they say they have 50 women lined up to act as surrogates to carry a cloned baby to term...
...famous good luck. It was the absence of a "Herbert" that permitted Bush to escape the curse of juniorhood, that terrible first act of hostility that certain men commit against their own sons, that row of hoops set up in the nursery for he who would follow. (Attention, newborn: Be me, or fall short--it's up to you.) For the congenitally modest elder Bush, naming a child in honor of himself may have proved too much, so he pulled up one name shy, an early act of compassionate conservatism...
...Competence is all over her resumE. Born in Manila, Arroyo had an unusual upbringing. At the precocious age of four, she chose to live with her maternal grandmother in Iligan, a town on the southern Philippine island of Mindanao. The reason: she was jealous of a newborn brother. She stayed there for three years, and then split her time between Manila and Mindanao until the age of 11. (As President, Arroyo says she will concentrate on the separatist problem that has plagued Mindanao for decades.) At 14, she moved into MalacaNang with her father. She was always a strong student...
...Buckingham's red VES video locker, there are also examples of the typical make-you-cringe sort of video. For a minute and a half, she slowed down her roommate's laugher while focusing her camera on a newborn gerbil with a head injury. Videos that make you sick to your stomach are fashionable right now, and Buckingham is certainly accomplished in this genre. The eerie quality of Buckingham's video work is captured in her "Christmas 81-2000," where a dreamy sequence of caroling and light trails fades to her grandmother on the phone, stating, "I've never molested...
...dollar account that young Dylan can open up in 21 years to make contributions to charity. "We want him to learn the joy of giving," said Douglas. But can you imagine the awkwardness in the room as celebrities pulled out their checkbooks to give thousands of dollars to a newborn who can't do anything but burp and vomit...