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...offers the hypothesis admist a cloud of scientific jargon claiming to explain much. Yet when the smoke clears, so does the plausibility of his argument. Sheldrake attempts to disprove physical theory by proposing the existence of "pure information" in addition to matter and energy. This information provides the foundation for morphic fields and allows them to persist undiminished through time and space. Though he offers a few tests of this theory. Sheldrake explains away outcomes that would seem to disprove his proposal. He himself is extremely credulous, gleeful that his ideas allow for telepathy, reincarnation, collective memory and the like...

Author: By Charles N.W. Keckler, | Title: New Age Biology | 3/12/1988 | See Source »

...news is that the press is at last beginning to shed its romantic image of itself as the lone public defender pure of heart, pursuing all those other rascals. To the public, the press is not David among Goliaths; it has become one of the Goliaths, Big Media, a combination of powerful television networks, large magazine groups and newspaper chains that are near monopolies. It often seems as unreachable as the Government or any big corporation. The public might agree that the press, while making money, often does good (though not always in a lovable manner). It peeks behind doors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Newswatch: Credibility At Stake | 3/11/1988 | See Source »

...George Bush? "Well, it gave us a lot of free publicity," Kalb says matter-of-factly. Bush's decision also opened up a spot on the show--which was conveniently filled by former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart after his reemergence in the campaign. Kalb calls such a programming break "pure serendipity...

Author: By Eli G. Attie, | Title: Presenting Candidates to the People | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...pure, soft shooter," Delaney Smith says. "I feel terrific every time the ball leaves her hands...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Breezing Toward Another Ivy Banner | 3/1/1988 | See Source »

...said Paavo Komi, a professor who worked with the budding star in his native Jyvaskyla. "Now he jumps nearly 6,000 times each year, in contrast to 3,000 to 4,000 for most jumpers." Part of this is the dogged will to win. The rest, Nykanen says, is pure joy: "You must experience the feeling. It feels like flying...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Alert: Nukes Away! | 2/29/1988 | See Source »

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