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Justice Powell is the engineer of the synthesis decision the Court released Wednesday, which addresses some of the larger concerns of both Bakke's supporters and his detractors. The decision legitimates the use of racially sensitive criteria in an admissions process, upholding the judgment of Justices Brennan, White, Marshall and...

Author: By Peter R. Melnick, | Title: Bakke: The Morning After | 6/30/1978 | See Source »

Until 1968 the Roman Catholic bishops of Latin America were seen by many as friends of the rich, supporters of the status quo and allies of oppressive regimes. Then, in a general conference convened that year in the Colombian city of Medellin, they declared their independence, denouncing "institutionalized violence" in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Taking on The Vatican | 5/8/1978 | See Source »

The understanding of human potential that I have elaborated above has made the direct subjective means of gaining knowledge of the physical world more acceptable to scientists than it was. The careful study of the parallels between the results of materialistic science and the results of direct subjective experience may...

Author: By Kenneth G. Walton, | Title: The Potentials of T.M. | 4/25/1978 | See Source »

Harrington's problem is perhaps representative of the dilemma that confronts any democratic Marxist. He recognizes the fundamental flaws in the existing international capitalist system, but does not want to see too much blood spilled in an attempt to change it. He continues to hope for a synthesis of Marx...

Author: By Cliff Sloan, | Title: The Other Three-Fourths | 3/15/1978 | See Source »

L-dopa is the starting material for the synthesis of melanin, a pigment commonly found in skin cells affected by melanoma, a form of skin cancer. In the brain cells affected by neuroblastoma, another form of cancer, L-dopa serves as a starting material for the manufacture of norepinephrine, a...

Author: By Daniel Gil, | Title: Cancer Study Nears Possible Breakthrough | 3/6/1978 | See Source »

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