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Speaking before an audience of about 200, Jonathan King, professor of Biology at MIT, said life forms should be removed from the realm of patents because patenting "inhibits the flow of information," alters the ecosystem in a "potentially dangerous" way, and threatens to make "human genes the property of individuals or corporations...
...fades into the dim gray of an inflationary, post-industrial society. Current disillusionment and failure naturally foster exaggerated perceptions of past-promise and potential. There was a time when something special about American ingenuity, self-confidence and leadership exalted patriotism beyond hyper-nationalism to the realm of highest religious abstraction: faith was grounded in sheer success. The country could have no trouble fighting its enemies abroad or preserving liberty and prosperity at home--this, after all, was the American century...
...addition to The Captive Mind, Milosz's prose available in English includes The Seizure of Power, a novel of wartime Poland; Native Realm, an autobiography; The History of Polish Literature; and Emperor of the Earth: Modes of Eccentric Vision, a collection of essays...
Coach Joe Restic boasts a potent offensive threat outside the realm of the Multiflex--his defense. Besides Delgadillo's wondrous play, Crimson linebackers Bob Woolway and Mark Layden each snagged interceptions to bring Harvard's season total...
...generally accepted but unwritten rule in scholarly circles that "scientific" films and other visual materials covering such topics as experiments counducted on human subjects in Nazi Germany are not worthy of scientific attention and go too far beyond the realm of human decency to be presented in serious academic settings. Also, classroom presentation of explicit photographic materials on violence against women (an children) and other such pathological activities is considered and act of gross impropriety and is verboten in academic and other institutions of reasonable moral standards...