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...surprisingly durable robot, whose working parts were designed by its builder, TRW, to last only two or three years, has scored another remarkable achievement. Propelled by a gravitational boost from Jupiter, it has become the first man-made object to leave the solar system and enter the realm of the stars...
...volume of feces accumulates over these long periods. Meselson admits, however, that the origin of the toxins is not easily explained, though he noted that the poison might be produced by fungi that often grow on bee excrement. In any case, Meselson says, the bee theory "opens up the realm of natural explanations for yellow rain in a way not previously done." The problem for the Government was that with international relations at stake, there was still so much room for scientific controversy...
Long an active force in New York intellectual circles, Schapiro has found many influences outside the realm of traditional art criticism. His writing is steeped in the work of important social scientists, must notably Marx and Freud...
Einstein was no Darth Vader. How ever, Johnson argues, the belief that physical reality depended on where one stood was smuggled by social radicals into the realm of moral truth. The author's link age to the gentle mathematician is shaky, but his point is strong: moral relativism, the notion that good and evil are matters merely of point of view, is itself an evil...
...portraying them in all their complexity. Ingmar Bergman's The Magic Flute delighted in the playfulness of Mozart's fairy tale but missed its underlying seriousness. Joseph Losey's Don Giovanni emphasized the same composer's brooding drama but failed to locate it within the realm of the human comedy. Zeffirelli's La Traviata strikes just the right note. Visually stunning and musically thrilling, it is the finest operatic movie yet made. It should appeal even to those who have resolutely resisted opera's charms...