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...Humans, working with the genome roadmap, evolve themselves - correcting nature's blunders, fixing a defect of vision here, a tendency toward diabetes there, until in the fullness of time a perfected human specimen walks the earth, while, simultaneously, 2) The robots, in their parallel universe, labor at their own evolution, building their own brains, refining their subtleties and abilities at the speed of light...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Robots: Will They Love Us? Will We Love Them? | 9/1/2000 | See Source »

...that's great. But truthfully the Jewish population in Connecticut is about 3 percent, and that's about parallel to what it is around the country. So once we get over this initial describing period, we'll be fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: 'Religion Is Definitely a Personal Centerpiece of Our Lives' | 8/12/2000 | See Source »

Realizing that opportunities are available, Harvard students should take advantage of all that our school offers in name and network. Granted, singing has enabled our experiences, but every student has access to parallel opportunities if they seek them out. Moreover, recent graduates should appreciate the resources they utilize and remember to do their part in assisting both students and student groups alike whenever possible...

Author: By Alexander B.G. Sevy and Jay S. Wiley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Harvard Globetrotters | 8/4/2000 | See Source »

...true, this might explain everything. Gore's personality, difficult to grasp in American terms, seems perfectly coherent and natural if transplanted north of the 48th parallel. Indeed, as the Canadian Theorem settles into the imagination, one begins to wonder if there may have been some switched-at-birth scenario years ago that landed the infant Albert far south of the Canadian border, all the way down in Tennessee, while, at the same time, a tow-headed changeling from the chigger latitudes wound up in a snowbank in the Haliburton Highlands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al Gore Explained — He's a Secret Canadian! | 7/21/2000 | See Source »

Aren't we honor-bound to abide by the agreements that we signed and negotiated in good faith with other countries? Imagine our righteous anger if the North Koreans violated the 38th parallel. As usual, those who have the power to do darn well what they want will do so without regard to technicalities like the law. So much for moral leadership. JILL LIPPITT Jenner, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 3, 2000 | 7/3/2000 | See Source »

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