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...forcefully that many critics did not bother to read all of Sociobiology, which did not junk free will and environmental influences but only modified them. "On the basis of objective evidence," he wrote, "the truth appears to lie somewhere in between, closer to the environmentalist than to the genetic pole...
...opening day of school in September, Smith, 46, gives his students blank grids and tells them to draw their versions of the globe. These are revealing documents. One student skipped Europe altogether. Another put Antarctica at the North Pole. A third had Asia due north of Europe, while a fourth placed England squarely in Africa. "My first map was a complete disgrace," admits Adrian Nivola. Recalls Tao Nguyen: "I drew a big blob...
...stock price fall 29% since early October, to 14 3/4. Time Warner, which derives 25% of its revenues from cable programming and operations, has endured a share-price decline of 32%, to 95 1/2, during the same period. "I would say the cable industry is at the North Pole now, a point from which all directions are south," says Alan Gottesman, a financial analyst for Paine Webber. Others are less pessimistic. "In the short term, there is a lot of regulatory uncertainty, but over the long term, cable is still a terrific business," contends John Mansell, who follows the industry...
...economic energy has spread even further north. Six thousand people a day cross the Chinese border at Dong Dang. Going into China, they take mostly local foodstuffs; returning, they bring Chinese machine tools and kitchenwares carried on their backs, the heavy packages balanced at either end of a bamboo pole. The goods are modern, but silhouetted against the sky, the endless stream of peasants, workers and merchants is a scene from timeless Asia...
Yale raced to an early lead in the meet by racking up points in field events, grabbing the top three spots in the men's javelin and adding points in the long jump and pole vault...