Word: scientists
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...young novelist (Anywhere but Here) whose new book, A Regular Guy (Knopf; 372 pages; $25), begins with this sentence: "He was a man too busy to flush toilets." Does any superman survive that? It's not that this is a scatological work or a racy read about a rich scientist-businessman. Instead, it is an earnest attempt by a talented writer to redraw the profile of the typical macho American giant to conform to more feminist and environmental ideals. In this, Simpson seems to be invading territory that Jane Smiley opened in A Thousand Acres...
Creationists do not make the distinction between faith and science that John Paul does, and his statement will not discourage them in their battles against the teaching of evolution in states like Tennessee and Alabama. "The Pope is just an influential person; he's not a scientist," says Henry Morris, president emeritus at the Institute for Creation Research in Santee, California. "There is no scientific evidence for evolution. All the real solid evidence supports creation." Bill Hoesch, a spokesman for the institute, says, "[John Paul] would say that man's dignity does not suffer even if God used the process...
BORN: June 3, 1926, Moreland, Ky. EDUCATION: Columbia Union College, B.A., 1947; U of Maryland, M.S., 1948, Ph.D., 1952 FAMILY: Wife, Ellen; 10 children RELIGION: Seventh-day Adventist MILITARY: None OCCUPATION: Professor, scientist, small-business owner POLITICAL CAREER: U.S. House, 1992- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 3662, Frederick...
BORN: Sept. 14, 1964, Santa Monica, Calif. EDUCATION: U of Utah, B.S., 1983, M.A., 1987, Ph.D., 1988 FAMILY: Single RELIGION: Mormon MILITARY SERVICE: None OCCUPATION: Research scientist POLITICAL CAREER: None ADDRESS: P.O. Box 291070, San Antonio...
BORN: Nov. 19, 1947, San Antonio EDUCATION: Yale, B.A. 1969; Southern Methodist U, J.D. 1975 FAMILY: Wife, Elizabeth Lynn Schaefer; two children RELIGION: Christian Scientist MILITARY SERVICE: None OCCUPATION: Lawyer; rancher POLITICAL CAREER: Texas House, 1981-82; Bexar County Commissioner's Court, 1983-85; U.S. House, 1986- ADDRESS: P.O. Box 6155, San Antonio...