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...thought provoking [Jan. 18]. I had always considered that natural selection was too slow and random a process to allow the animal kingdom to successfully deal with environmental change. I am now filled with hope and trepidation about the effects that future environmental challenges will have on the human race. If physiological conditioning can have a transient effect on our gene activity, then can sociological conditioning also determine the traits of future genetics such as physical appearance, attraction, sexual orientation, academic and sporting prowess? Are changes in epigenetic marks the driving force or cradle for successful genetic mutations? John Cardiff...
...Race has long been a muddled matter: 1890 classifications included mulatto, quadroon and octoroon, Chinese and Japanese. In 1930, Mexican was listed. The 2010 survey has caused a stir with the inclusion of Negro in addition to black and African American...
...Keeping Race Out of Basketball...
...Sheils, yesterday’s exhibition was an opportunity to make a statement. The freshman had crashed in the official slalom race, but on Sunday she stayed on her skis and finished third overall in the collegiate field...
McNamara also improved greatly over his Carnival performance, earning a combined score of 22nd following a 38th-place finish in the giant slalom and a slalom race in which he did not finish the day before...