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...Jeremy Rifkin followed a like pattern, moving from the South Side of Chicago religious background to the Wharton School of Finance to radical politics. Both showed a propensity to indulge in short term, demonstration-oriented politics. They sought to radicalize the nation by publishing Bantam pamphlets on the rights of Americans, by dredging up the most radical notions of our Founding Fathers (for small farms, against a standing army). But the days of Jefferson and Jackson were long over and the once infant country now grappled with the more complex issues of corporate dominance and the contradictions of capitalism. Radical...
Cambridge Society for Early Music--"Unknown Bach," Joshua Rifkin conducting. At Sanders Theater at 8:30 p.m. Call 247-1465. Free...
Cambridge Society for Early Music features "Unknown Bach" on Monday, as Joshua Rifkin conducts an oboe concerto, violin concerto and the first "modern" performance of Bach's reorchestration of Pergolesi's "Stabat Mater." Go to Sanders Theatre at 8:30 p.m. to find out whether or not there was a reason that these pieces remained unknown for so long. Dial 247-1465 or 723-7328 for more info...
Foes of DNA research were on hand last week to protest the opening of the new lab. "Why is our money being used to manipulate the genes of life to create a brave new world?" asked Jeremy Rifkin of the Peoples Business Commission. But many scientists who only a year ago opposed recombinant DNA research are now largely convinced that the hazards have been overstated. Besides, as Microbiologist John E. Nutter, manager of the NIH P-4 program, notes, "the potential benefits of being able to reproduce large quantities of genetic material are enormous...
That's not to say Billy Carter is a fake. His candor, although not of the Will Rogers quality attributed to him by Rifkin and Howard, is clearly of an interesting and unrehearsed nature. No Carter aide told him, for instance, to say the President's biggest problem is that "he's around people that kiss his ass all the time...