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...announcement by kooks." But he also felt despair, as did many scientists who believe that the only way the most morally intricate research can proceed is by keeping it away from charlatans. "I knew they would have a very damaging impact on the cloning debate. First, they would just plain scare people," Caplan notes. "The Raelians are not the picture you want in people's minds when they write their Congressman about cloning...
...network best known for its buttoned-down restraint. Unlike many TV weathertainers, the Weather Channel's meteorologists--the men in car-salesman suits, the women in sensible sweaters--avoid cheerleading and hype; they don't make corny puns or brag about their gastric-bypass surgery. Even the plain logo looks like something from the '50s. So there's something un--Weather Channel--ly about the flashy Storm Stories, whose ads promise "The power! The fury! The drama!" amid lightning and thunderclaps...
...will again collaborate with TheatreWorks/USA, which produced Sarah: Plain and Tall, for which he wrote the score and Benjamin the lyrics...
Sellars directed over 40 productions during his time as an undergraduate, developing a controversial reputation for the eccentric, the unusual and the just plain wacky...
...standard. After all, Blair seems to have no problem with British firms doing business with Zimbabwe: trade between the countries amounted to over €195 million last year, most of it guaranteed by Britain. Says Heath Streak, captain of the Zimbabwe team: "If they target cricket alone, that's plain hypocritical." A British government spokesman argues that economic sanctions would be counterproductive because they would harm ordinary Zimbabweans. "The problem is not with the people ... it's with the governing regime." A cricket boycott, the government contends, would only hurt the regime - and Mugabe personally, since he is patron...