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Such scenarios are not science-fiction. With the prestidigitation of gene-amplification, only a single drop of blood or a snippet of hair or a scraping of skin can reveal the full length of the human genome, including its myriad flaws. And the potential for abusing that information is already here, as a surprised Paul Billings found in surveys of testing abuses that he conducted. "I advertised for people who had had negative experiences with social agencies, insurers or employers after genetic diagnosis, and I was shocked by the response." The most common complaint was against hard-nosed health insurers...
Finally, it is interesting to note Oppenheim's selective blindness in the observance of BGLTSA posters. While the phrase "oppressive paradigm" may remain for him an amusing snippet of lit-crit jargon, the pervasiveness of outspoken heterosexuality on this campus cannot be denied. Has Oppenheim never seen a heterosexually risqué poster for a Harvard dance, a cappella concert or theatrical production? While innocuous enough, the prevelance (and thus the privileging) of heterosexual behavior and the attendant invisibility of homosexuality legitimizes a climate of homophobia. If, on the other hand, Oppenheim is offended solely by the word "vulva...
...observe this phenomenon. When passing by I can't help but listen in, and some of the things I've heard are worth sharing. On my way to Bio I passed a tour in the Science Center and heard (probably while trying to get my study-card signed) a snippet about "Harvard's wonderful advising system." Another time while passing a tour at its Hollis Hall stop I heard that "All freshman live in the Yard." (My friend in Greenough had some choice words for that one.) Wondering what I've been missing all this time, I decided to take...
...Nightline," Ted Koppel led the newsgathering with a new snippet of tape featuring Lewinsky "meeting and hugging" the President at a 1996 event -- and followed it with an Valentine's Day 1997 Washington Post personal ad that an on-tape Monica supposedly claimed was a love jot from her to Bill. It's addressed to "Handsome" and the text is a chunk from the balcony scene in "Romeo and Juliet." It's signed "M," and there's a reprint in this morning's Post. If this keeps up, the White House's "deluded stalker" spin could stick after...
...hold in his hand and turn over in his mind--has won him a reputation as a forward thinker on difficult issues. But it doesn't always help in politics. (Take, for example, the least effective bite-size phrase of Gore's career: "No controlling legal authority," a snippet of legalese he picked up from his counsel, Charles Burson, and repeated seven times during his disastrous March money-scandal press conference.) Gore has spent the past six years studying the master, trying to break Clinton's seamless performance into component parts he can make his own. But Clinton's gifts...