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...part of the human form. Besides, if the first anatomist to spot, say, the pancreas was not granted title to it, why should modern genome-mapping scientists be able to claim even a single gene? As Kahn points out, "You could patent a system for mining gold from ore. We don't let people patent the gold." That kind of argument is grounded not in law but in the very idea of what it means to be human--an issue that even the highest federal court is not likely to settle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Owns Our Genes? | 1/11/1999 | See Source »

When does an advocacy web site cross the line between providing information and inciting violence? In Portland, Ore., a federal trial began on Thursday to determine the viability of a web site titled the Nuremberg Files, a graphic antiabortion site (www.christiangallery.com/atrocity) that lists the names of abortion providers around the country and asks for help in gathering information about them. In some cases the site displays photos and other identifiers, such as addresses and phone numbers, as well as names and birthdates of family members. Planned Parenthood and five doctors accuse the site of being a not-so-thinly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Antiabortion Web Site Tests Free Speech | 1/7/1999 | See Source »

...child. He was able to focus, stay on task, didn't get as frustrated and angry and could enjoy going to school. I am so thankful for Ritalin. As long as my son needs it, I am going to see that he gets it. DANA WOOD Portland, Ore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 21, 1998 | 12/21/1998 | See Source »

...because he wanted to do everything his way. By the late 1920s the company had become so vertically integrated that it was completely self-sufficient. Ford controlled rubber plantations in Brazil, a fleet of ships, a railroad, 16 coal mines, and thousands of acres of timberland and iron-ore mines in Michigan and Minnesota. All this was combined at the gigantic River Rouge plant, a sprawling city of a place where more than 100,000 men worked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Driving Force: Henry Ford | 12/7/1998 | See Source »

...from the world's most famous handyman for pain and mental anguish. Carol Berger claims that Vila, host of Home Again, took a break from pounding dry wall to pound the back of her seat with his foot and fist during a flight from Denver to Eugene, Ore. She didn't mention why. Vila issued a statement calling the allegation "baseless" and says he has never met Berger. Maybe he was just annoyed that her seat and tray table were not in a fully upright position...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 30, 1998 | 11/30/1998 | See Source »

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