Word: problem
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Tsien concedes that using the emotive word intelligence in the paper was sure to generate controversy. "We really don't mean to suggest," he explains, "that human intelligence is the same as animal intelligence. But I would argue that problem solving is clearly part of intelligence, and learning and memory are crucial to problem solving. And these mice are better learners, with better memories, than other mice...
...operating in a shrinking field. The vast majority of its docket consists of old cases, prosecuted when DNA testing was still rare. Now that law enforcement is integrating DNA into its investigative procedures (see box), there should be fewer people convicted despite exonerating biological evidence. But the broader problem addressed by the project--that innocent people are going to jail--shows no sign of ending. Why is the criminal-justice system making so many mistakes...
...part, the problem is misinformation. Explains Dr. Helene Gayle, director of AIDS prevention at the CDC: "First and foremost is the fact that this epidemic got cast as a white disease, particularly a white gay disease, and that lulled people into a sense of denial in the African-American community." The result: too many heterosexual African-American males still think it's perfectly safe to practice unsafe sex with female partners...
...tired of hearing how the U.S. is getting more dangerous every day for everyone from minorities to schoolchildren. There have always been violence and violent people here. With a population of more than 260 million, the U.S. is a place where anything can happen anytime. The real problem is that the press, making such a big thing out of every occurrence, is convincing people that we are all in danger. There's no question that schoolchildren get hurt and killed, but more than 15 million students go to high school every day and are not injured. Not everyone...
...Bill Sims who emerges as the most fascinating subject. A blues guitarist whose career has stalled, he has grown depressed and developed a drinking problem. Moreover, we learn, he left two other children at an early age. When he returns to find his son facing prison, we see a stark negative of the nurturing idyll he and Karen have created. Yet Bill comes off as a devoted, likable father and husband who offers sharp insights on race...