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...matter how people feel about the issue, it is increasingly hard to argue that genes play no role in homosexuality. The evidence began to pile up in 1991, when studies showed that identical twins were more likely to have the same sexual orientation than other pairs of siblings. That same year, a California scientist reported slight brain differences between gay and straight men, although the conclusion is disputed. And in 1993, an NIH researcher found a stretch of DNA on the X chromosome that seemed to harbor one or more genes affecting sexual orientation. But no one has proved that...
...more than a good thing because our mass popular culture is the most influential in the world. But when questions are raised about that industry's irresponsible promotion of certain material, the industry's executives tell us it has no influence. Everyone has to know that is a steaming pile of shuck. At its best, popular art has been part of our ongoing redefinition of American life, moving us to question our prejudices and our political policies, our social fears and the ways in which we live our personal lives...
None of this is meant to diminish in the least the magnitude of the human tragedy at Oklahoma City. The images of that day will forever be ingrained in the national consciousness: limbs and lives--and most terrifying of all, babies--strewn about in a smoldering pile of death. There is not, nor will there ever be, a bill or verdict powerful enough to undo the spectacular crime committed in Oklahoma City. But it is naive and irresponsible for our media and our political leaders to fail to address the substantive reasons for the bombing, rather than dwell...
...board of election commissioners could not declare Galluccio the winner because 19 ballots were missing. After a painstaking search, it was discovered that the ballots had been placed in the wrong pile...
...carriage; there had been no time to pack more. Two soldiers bundled us into the truck. It was already crowded with other refugees and their gear -- suitcases, sacks, boxes -- as well as two tin tubs filled with a white substance that we later discovered was powdered milk covering a pile of hand grenades. At the back were several barrels filled with rifle ammunition...