Word: subjectively
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...leadership vote. He would be the first to admit that if you want to be effective you have to back the leadership on partisan votes except on those matters where he has clearly staked out a position." When liberals unsuccessfully tried to make membership on the House Rules Committee subject to caucus vote instead of under McGee's discretion, Frank voted with the leadership. He indirectly supported Mitchell's statement when he said, "I sometimes wonder why I'm so submissive...
...studies showing the tremendous influence of genes on animal behavior. The main reason Dawkins's book has not been immediately shoved away to some dusty corner in Widener where only zoologists and rats would dare to tread is because Dawkins has added a spicy--and misleading--approach to the subject of genetics...
...this is the main danger of the book. This is why Dawkins is incredibly irresponsible in the manner he treats the subject of genetics. He doesn't really believe genes are selfish, but a lot of people will believe it after reading his book. These are the people who will vote against welfare programs and refuse to believe anything can be done to eliminate social injustice. These are the defeatists who talk about human nature as though it were the Rock of Gibralter--completely controlled by genes with little environmental malleability...
...This is obvious. But to extend the argument beyond its scientific base and conclude that there must be complex genetic traits for altruism and aggression in human beings is going one step too far, too soon. The problem with The Selfish Gene is that it plays around with a subject which is controversial enough when dealt with honestly and factually. When, in the last chapter, Dawkins finally acknowledges that humans can "rebel" against their "selfish" genes, he fails to erase the overwhelming implications of the preceding ten chapters, and the result is a biased and inaccurate portrait of human life...
...nation's coal reserves so that the U.S. can stretch out oil and gas supplies until past the turn of the century, when new sources of energy, such as fusion, geothermal and solar power, will be coming on-stream in a significant way. Though it is still subject to change, here is how the Administration's new energy program now looks...