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...powers than Bush. Since troops were first deployed, the voice of Congress has lacked strength and unity. When they should have been demanding an active role in the formulation of Gulf policy, representatives and senators decided to go home and campaign for re-election. They effectively gave Bush free rein to do as he wished...
...radical departure from the past or take bold artistic risks. The most recent display included photography, printmaking and painting, and it consisted largely of works arranged in series. The majority of pieces, though, were photographs distorted in various ways. The different techniques were intriguing but Triptych organizers, given free rein, allowed black-and-white images to dominate the show. Although a fair number of the images were quite admirable, even the most stellar works could not redeem the general mediocrity of the rest of the show...
This discovery is so striking that even cautious scientists are finding it difficult to rein in their excitement. It is among the latest in a chain of discoveries that have rapidly confirmed what for a long time scientists only suspected: mutations in specific genes are the underlying cause of cancer. As knowledge about these genes expands, so too does the likelihood researchers will devise new treatments that may one day target cancer cells as selectively as antibiotics attack bacteria. "Cancer cells," says gene mapper David Housman of M.I.T., "are too damn close to normal cells, and that's been...
...dynamics between Pizarro and Incan ruler Atahuallpa (Alex Pak), for example, are wonderful. The two gradually learn to interact as equals who allow free rein to their mutual fascination. Atahuallpa and Pizarro strike up a humorous, thought-provoking dialogue in the midst of adversity. While Atahuallpa is held prisoner by the Spaniards in his own palace, he jokes with Pizarro, "Your pope is mad, he gives away countries that are not his." Later, he quips of transubstantiation, "First [Christ] becomes a biscuit and then they eat him and then they drink his blood...
...peril. So it seemed for several tumultuous days in Washington last week. Only two nights after the President's nationally televised address, an angry coalition of right-wing Republicans and liberal Democrats revolted on the floor of the House, overwhelming and sinking a bipartisan plan to rein in the rampaging deficit. The uprising left the government without a budget or the authority to spend money for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, forcing the layoff of thousands of nonessential government employees, at least temporarily...