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...TIME's cover illustration of President Bush as Uncle Sam drew varied reactions. "The cartoon was disrespectful and offensive," wrote a Cincinnati, Ohio, reader. "Belittling our President is inappropriate at this difficult time for our country." Objecting on an entirely different ground was a Maine man who declared, "Bush does not even come close to having the qualities that I have always attributed to Uncle Sam: honesty, integrity and concern for all Americans." And a 9-year-old Kentucky girl saw an unusual resemblance: "The picture looks amazingly like the actor Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory...
Heredity tells the story of Elizabeth Mann, a young woman working in London on a travel guide assignment, who discovers the skeleton of Jonathan Wild, a famous 18th century criminal, in an obscure museum. With the help of her lover, an infertility specialist, Elizabeth and the reader become engrossed in Wild’s mysterious life. Eventually, Elizabeth decides to take steps to bring the man closer to modernity that anyone ever thought possible...
...love. After reading the 128 pages following the editors’ note in its premiere issue—which contain personalized narratives ranging from a poem by Seamus Heaney to a photoessay of life in the Chicago barrio to impressionistic short stories—even the most skeptical reader would be moved to appreciate its social conscience. In its variety, consistency and precision of editorial expression, DoubleTake is unique. No word goes unillustrated, and no picture unexplained...
...Though it's a challenge to illustrate the microscopic intricacies of the genetic code, some readers reminded us how much trickier it is to depict DNA's outward expression in the human form. "Is that Adam and Eve on the cover?" asked a Minnesotan. "Then those belly buttons have got to go." An "appalled" Missouri man agreed that the image showed too much; he declared it "pornographic." But in anticipation of such a reaction, a reader in El Salvador counseled, "To all those who would complain: the human body is beautiful and nothing to be ashamed of. Lighten...
...fact, she says she would much rather be a reader than a writer—she is more interested in what I’m taking this semester than in talking about her writing...