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Before we get too carried away by the idea of improving human intelligence with genetic technology, it's worth noting that no domesticated animal is more intelligent than its wild, undomesticated ancestor. Compare a domesticated dog with a wolf or a coyote, and the tame dog will come up short. Intelligence evolves in response to heavy selective pressures in the struggle for survival. The lean, mean environment of the urban poor, not the "pop genetics" of the affluent suburbs, is already producing some of our next generation's geniuses. JOHN W. HOOPES Lawrence, Kans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 1, 1999 | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

Harvard will kick off its Ivy schedule this weekend with home contests against Cornell (5-6) and Columbia (3-7) at Lavietes Pavilion. The Crimson tips off against the Big Red tonight at 6 p.m. and will look to tame the Lions tomorrow evening at the same time...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Women's Basketball Looks to Keep Ball Rolling After Win | 1/8/1999 | See Source »

...hype that surrounded its 10-month saga to find an American distributor, Lolita is, in the end, surprisingly tame. Overwhelming us with a cascade of lovely images, Lolita succeeds in being tragically moving despite the unsavory plot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 11/13/1998 | See Source »

...visionary literature are hiding in the American heartland. Teenagers make up a near majority of the audience for DisInformation www.disinfo.com) a site that purveys antimainstream media politics and conspiracy theory to hundreds of thousands with a humor and skepticism that make Paul Krassner's Realist seem earnest and tame...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Counterculture | 11/9/1998 | See Source »

...hype that surrounded its 10-month saga to find an American distributor, Lolita is, in the end, surprisingly tame. Overwhelming us with a cascade of lovely images, Lolita succeeds in being tragically moving despite the unsavory plot. Indeed, the reason why Lyne's film works is that it focuses upon the potential of film to beautify even the grotesque. The effect is a little artificial, a spectacle designed to seduce the viewer into turning away from the moral problem of the film. In a time when films often try to say something about life, here is a film about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevitas | 11/6/1998 | See Source »

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