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Anthropologist Sahlins in The Use and Abuse of Biology, the only anti-sociobiology book published to date, contends that kinship patterns among humans do not???as sociobiological theory predicts?always follow bloodlines. He also argues that Trivers' theory of reciprocal altruism simply does not work: an individual may help himself by behaving altruistically, but he also helps one of his competitors. Thus there is no net advantage to altruistic behavior, and it should be selected against by evolution...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why You Do What You Do | 8/1/1977 | See Source »

...communities are being built to last and that they will be linked to other ones still in the planning stage. The Palestinians are offered payment for the land, although most refuse it, complaining of unfairly low prices. The growth of these new communities?whether authorized by the government or not???is seen by many Arabs as further proof that Zionism means colonial expansion and that the only way Israel can be ousted from the territories is by force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISRAEL: TRIUMPH OF A SUPERHAWK | 5/30/1977 | See Source »

...would reduce the number of legal immigrants from Mexico by about two-thirds?but it might correspondingly increase the flow of illegal immigrants. There has also been talk (indeed there may soon be a law) of making it a crime to employ an illegal immigrant. That might?or might not???end the large-scale exploitation of Latin Americans. Officially, the laws governing today's immigrants proclaim that the U.S. needs only professional and highly skilled labor, but in fact, like all richly developed societies, the U.S. also has an unofficial need for someone to do its dirty work. Whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The New Immigrants: Still the Promised Land | 7/5/1976 | See Source »

...that right? Because you're not???you were simply helping the defendants get their fees and their ?what does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WATERGATE: The Most Critical Nixon Conversations | 5/13/1974 | See Source »

That may?or may not???have been a subtle signal from Gray that he was giving up hope of winning his confirmation battle with the U.S. Senate. His nomination looked hopelessly blocked in a divided Judiciary Committee precisely because many Senators believed that, despite Gray's wire, he has permitted the FBI to be improperly influenced by base political considerations during his ten-month temporary tenure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE ADMINISTRATION: The Fight Over the Future of the FBI | 3/26/1973 | See Source »

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