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Monterey, Calif. - It was the day for the kind of tough questions at TIME?s Future of Life conference that raise temperatures and unleash tempers: Should we begin planning for an onslaught of designer babies? Has the genomics revolution hoodwinked investors? Are genetically modified crops a menace or boon to the world?s food supply? With all the hoopla over gene-splicing, have biologists lost sight of more mundane issues like the devastating loss of plant and animal species...
After Dartmouth (4-8, 1-8) opened the meet with a .38-second win over Harvard in the 400-yard medley relay, the Crimson began its onslaught. Senior Ben Hanley kicked off the individual events with a win in the 1000-yard freestyle, finishing in 9:30.31. Co-captain Cory Walker posted two wins, taking the 200-yard freestyle (1:41.74) and the 200-yard butterfly (1:51.85), while junior Kemi George captured first (20.98) in the 50-yard freestyle...
...hold back during Desert Storm. Now that the current Administration has declared that regime change is its goal, he may not feel so gun-shy. Western military officials and longtime Saddam watchers suggest he won't uncork his deadliest weapons if he calculates that he can survive the U.S. onslaught. "Survival is his objective," says a British official. But he knows that if the U.S. launches an attack, he is target No. 1. Says a senior U.S. intelligence official: "There's absolutely no doubt that Saddam will try to open up every terrorist front...
Even though Harvard’s big men had had trouble against Princeton center Judson Wallace the night before, Sullivan was more prepared to grin and bear whatever came inside rather than cope with an onslaught from three-point range...
...even the bitterest of adolescences can turn sweet with the passage of time and the onslaught of nostalgia. Author and filmmaker Dai Sijie proved this when he hit literary gold in 2000 with Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress, his semi-autobiographical tale of discovering literature and love as a member of China's lost generation. Now Dai, who spent 1971 to 1974 exiled in a village in the mountains of Sichuan province, has directed a big-screen version of his fable, The Little Chinese Seamstress (naming it "Balzac," one suspects, wouldn't sell tickets...