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But when the number of shared features reaches critical mass, scientists have to consider a direct evolutionary relationship. A dinosaur with feathers would clearly tip the scales: they're by far birds' most characteristic feature, and they had to evolve from somewhere. The skeptics have always contended that birds' ancestors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dinosaurs Of A Feather | 7/6/1998 | See Source »

Though it is true that there will be less diversity without affirmative action in admissions, it is false that there will be no diversity whatsoever. A little less racial diversity for the sake of much greater fairness is a trade-off that balances the scales of justice. ALICE LAM New...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 11, 1998 | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

Everest takes advantage of the diverse backgrounds of its protagonists to catch some great shots of each climber in their native region. The audience zips along on mountain bikes with Viesters and his fiancée on the plains of Utah and scales treacherous rock outcroppings on the Iberian peninsula...

Author: By Rebecca A. Berman, | Title: Screening Mount Everest | 4/16/1998 | See Source »

After a quick rearrangement period, Derek Han emerged from backstage to take his place at the grand piano now obscuring the conductor. Touring with the Berlin Symphony Orchestra in its current debut tour of the United States, Han's accomplishments range from graduating from The Juilliard School at 18 to...

Author: By Andrea H. Kurtz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Enthusiasm, Energy Mark Berlin Symphony Showing | 3/20/1998 | See Source »

Intellectuals told us that affirmative action was a mere "plus factor" used in cases where the qualifications of applicants were excruciatingly equal. They told us that affirmative action was the lightest of feathers, landing gently on the scales of admission(and justice), tipping those scales ever so slightly in favor...

Author: By Thomas B. Cotton, | Title: Defining Diversity Down | 3/18/1998 | See Source »

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