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...cloning became common, then sex -- along with male and female genders -- would be unnecessary. That's the conceit of books such as Charles Eric Maine's World Without Men (1958) and Poul Anderson's Virgin Planet (1959). Conversely, cloning might be a device for preserving love. The 1991 British TV miniseries The Cloning of Joanna May, based on a Fay Weldon novel, is about a man who dumps his unfaithful wife -- but only after cloning her so he can replace her with her twin a few years down the line...
...resulting treaty contained no firm goals or mandatory steps. The White House didn't get serious about the issue until the election of eco-conscious Bill Clinton, who pledged in April to forge a concrete strategy against what he calls "perhaps the biggest environmental threat to this planet...
...thousands of gay men and lesbians in this country who do in fact have children. Equally shocked will be the countless heterosexuals who have no plans to "breed." Unfortunately, Mansfield has confused the charge to reproduce the species (a charge, by the way, which an over populated planet might well wish to apply with caution) with his own obvious talent for reproducing the specious. This homosexual is more than happy (she is even "gay") to leave the latter "reproduction" to the likes of Harvey Mansfield. Ann Pellegrini...
...tell anyway? Conquer in theareas where Harvard is traditionally weak--i.e.the festive arts. Take to the fields, the sofas,the beer-slicked tiled floors, the bars, and yourroommate's bed. Show the rest of the world thisplace didn't become the most powerful academicinstitution on the planet by producing agoraphobiclosers. After all, 200,000 people will be here tosee the action. JUSTIN INGERSOLL
...danger is a comet or asteroid strike on the Earth. Thousands of chunks of cosmic rock enter the atmosphere of our planet every year. The vast majority burn up in the atmosphere, creating spectacular display for young lovers on lazy summer nights...