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Still, Trivers agrees that the critics have a point in being concerned about the social implications of what sociobiologists preach. "Social theory," he says, "ought to be looked at from the standpoint of what its implications are. It's not like particle physics." Wilson's book, for instance, raises some unsettling questions that most social theorists shy away from: Is it possible that social classes reflect genetic differences? Do the upper classes gradually accumulate a separate and superior gene pool? After stating that the idea has "plausibility," Wilson goes on to say there is "little evidence" of its truth: culture...
Driving, Couture suggests, should ultimately become a system of controlled reflexes. Developing the reflexes is "not a matter of guts, but of brains. Ideally you sit behind the wheel like a computer." Safety is the first priority. The finest racers preach, "First finish. Then finish first."-We walked the track, Couture explaining, always explaining, how to attack each bend, each kink. Then he drove us to the cars: Formula Fords, long-nosed fiber-glass machines that weigh about 950 lbs. and are powered by a standard Pinto engine. Formula Fords are stripped for speed: no windscreen, no headlights, no speedometer...
...Here Comes Summer" [July 4] -excellent! Finally an interesting, in-depth article that does not discover a new American problem, ailment or cause to preach on. Nor does it present a view of America in trite, sugar-coated homilies-just reality, professionally spiced with some enjoyable, entertaining and individual perceptions...
...lives in foster homes, orphanages and 'reform' schools. Many children of the poor will attend second-rate segregated schools. And opposition remains strong against increasing [federal] benefits for impoverished mothers and children to grow up in a decent environment. I am appalled at the ethical bankruptcy of those who preach a "right to life" that means, under present social policies, a bare existence in utter misery for so many poor women and their children...
...either chooses to ignore or fears to recognize. And so the cancer of poverty will continue to grow." Justice Thurgood Marshall charged that the court's decision would "brutally coerce poor women to bear children," and said that he was "appalled at the ethical bankruptcy of those who preach a 'right to life' that means a bare existence in utter misery for so many." Justice William Brennan claimed the decision "seriously erodes" the principle, set forth by the court in its historic 1973 ruling, that it is unconstitutional for Government to interfere with a woman...