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...reality is that natural selection can vote up or down only on entire organisms, warts and all. Individual organisms are mind-bogglingly complex and integrated mechanisms; they succeed or fail, economically and reproductively, as the sum of their parts...
...Dotson said the institute has over $100,000 in the bank, but that the sum was not enough to pay back Harvard...
...alongside school vouchers and trigger locks as major campaign issues. Both Janet Reno and Madeleine Albright have mentioned it as a growing crisis in recent weeks, but neither looks poised to make it one of their top issues. The Times story quotes one anonymous government official who seemed to sum up the feds' attitude toward the issue: "We have hundreds and hundreds of government analysts looking at drugs, arms, economic issues, but hardly anyone on this...
...ideal solution might not be some brilliantly designed, singular project but a broad-based effort to heighten campus awareness and facilitate community dialogue. Organizing panel discussions might seem banal or trite, but it would probably be more effective than setting aside a lump sum of money for a yet-to-be determined project. Community outcries, such as the pledge signed by Mather House residents following homophobic vandalism on the door of a gay tutor, might lack tangible results but go a long way toward reminding us to be ever vigilant against bigotry in our community...
...lose his cuff links. I joined Lloyd's in 1984; no mention of asbestos was made to me. Ten years later, engulfed by uncontainable losses, I applied to the Hardship Committee for help. The committee took every penny of my remaining capital and income, and demanded a further sum from my wife. We were left looking for a new home with a total net income of 5,000[pounds] a year to support us and our two small children. NICHOLAS BROWNE Cambridge, England...