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...council also heard a report from the ad-hoccommittee that was established to decide what todo with the $40,000 of recently discovered councilfunds...
BARRETT SEAMAN and PHILIP ELMER-DEWITT, who co-edited this week's comprehensive 44-page report on the future of medicine, boast impressive resumes in such projects. Seaman, TIME's special-projects editor, has overseen two recent special issues on medicine and last October's look at a week in the life of a hospital. Elmer-DeWitt, TIME's science editor, has written cover stories on gene therapy and cloning. But when they began framing the topic of this issue, they realized they would need expert assistance. "We decided to focus on genetics, which is the area of research likely...
...most. A few years ago, the journalist, who has written books on the Reagan Administration, nuclear energy and the Beatles, set off on a trip around the world in search of noxious vistas and pollutive sunsets--the environmental wreckage that other travelers take pains to avoid. His clear-eyed report, Earth Odyssey (Broadway Books; 372 pages; $26), backed by careful scholarship, is one of the best environmental books in recent years. It may help save readers the trouble of living through ecological decline and fall, if enough of them figure out how and where to apply its bitter lessons...
...pleased to see the article on Madame C.J. Walker and her hair-care business in your report on the century's Builders and Titans [TIME 100, Dec. 7]. How much more difficult is it to succeed in business when you start out poor and uneducated? And how much more difficult when you're female and black? It is only after putting Madame Walker's accomplishments in the context of the harsh realities she endured and overcame that one can truly appreciate the magnitude of her success. VIVIAN RANDOLPH, PRESIDENT Madame C.J. Walker Enterprises Inc. Indianapolis...
...pleased to see a mention of my former boss, Muriel ("Mickie") Siebert, in your Builders and Titans report. All professional women owe Siebert, the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, a debt of gratitude. Were it not for her tenacity, gumption and drive, we'd still be searching for the ladies' room at the exchange. AVA SLOANE Hoboken...