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...nation of immigrants, the relations between people of different backgrounds have had a profound influence on our society. The study of ethnic relations and the changing definitions of ethnicity can therefore be quite fruitful in deepening our knowledge of ourselves...
...reduce the emissions of heat-trapping gases, says the panel, the so-called greenhouse effect could drive global temperatures up as much as 6 degrees F by the year 2100--an increase in heat comparable to the warming that ended the last Ice Age and with perhaps equally profound effects on climate. Huge swaths of densely populated land could be inundated by rising seas. Entire ecosystems could vanish as rainfall and temperature patterns shift. Droughts, floods and storms could become more severe. Says Michael Oppenheimer, a senior scientist with the Environmental Defense Fund: "I think this is a watershed moment...
...cuts may also be illegal, in a profound and historic way. When Indian advocates invoke the "special relationship" between the government and members of Indian tribes, it may disturb citizens who believe all Americans to be equal under law. But few other American groups have warred as sovereign nations against the U.S. government; and none, in return for laying down its arms and accepting life on reservations, has received explicit guarantees of its well-being. The 800 or more treaties signed with various tribes, sporadically upheld by the Supreme Court under a loose philosophy of "trusteeship," obligate the government...
Just as important, Jamison wanted to explore the profound influence of powerful feelings on every aspect of life, from work to friendship to love. "Moods make us who we are," she observes. "These tides work on us all the time and leave their traces for good...
...ITEM ABOUT THE SEXUAL ORIENTATION of Jane Austen, I am said to be "miffed" at the public response to the thesis--supposedly bruited by me--that Austen might have been gay. In an essay on Austen in the London Review of Books, I discussed Austen's profound emotional bond with her sister, but I did not say that I thought she was homosexual in any self-conscious or active way or that she had sex with her sister. My remarks have been sensationalized by the British press, and I am afraid you have simply followed suit. TERRY CASTLE, Professor Department...