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...have never seen Francis Crick in a modest mood." James Watson's mischievous opening line of The Double Helix raised many eyebrows at the time, but even Crick wouldn't quarrel with it now. Still brash and outspoken at 86, even without the booming laugh that once echoed through Cambridge's Cavendish lab, Crick has no reason for modesty. In the years since their discovery of the double helix, Crick, unlike Watson, has continued to do significant research, mostly by pondering big--and often controversial--theoretical questions rather than by toiling in the lab. Says his longtime colleague and fellow...
GRANDMASTER FLASH and Saul Williams. The man with “The Message” teams up with the most outspoken and recognizable spoken word artist out there. Also performing are virtuoso turntablist Rob Swift (of the X-ecutioners crew) and gritty avant-rap enclave Dalek. Do not miss this chance to see a hip-hop legend alongside seriously leftfield innovators. Sunday, February 16 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets $24 advance, $28 door. The Middle East, 472-480 Massachusetts Ave., (617) 864-EAST...
...demands - and inducements - to open up its bases for use by American troops in an invasion of Iraq. Parliament approved a key measure to upgrade ports and bases. Most of the yes votes came from the ruling Justice and Development party (AK), which until now has been an outspoken opponent of the war. "When there is no chance left to block a war, it means participating in re-establishing peace as soon as possible," AK leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan told deputies. To sweeten the pot, the U.S. promised up to $15 billion in grants and backing for loans. It also...
During a question and answer session at Harvard Hillel last Friday night, University President Lawrence H. Summers called the idea of an academic boycott against Israel an “absolute outrage.”Although Summers and other academic leaders have been outspoken in their condemnation of the anti-Semitic double standard applied to Israel, there is still some support for action to punish the Jewish state...
...Jordanian Parliament in the mid-'90s, she stood out for her strong views on women's issues - and for her fashion sense. At a time when Islamist lawmakers were advocating traditional Arab dress for women, she defiantly wore short skirts to Parliament. These days, she is an outspoken advocate of democracy for Arab nations. "The old-style Arab regimes don't like my frankness," she says, defiantly. "But I represent modernity, and I say what needs to be said...