Word: taping
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...minor details wrong. Our species, Homo sapiens, is never spelled with a lower-case h. Irven DeVore's name is not spelled "DeVore." The overflow crowd in Science Center C was watching on a live video system, not "watching on video tape." And the ovation DeVore received was not a "standing" one, to the best of my recollection and that of a friend, both of us seated in the very last row of Science Center...
Nevertheless, the big question scientists and National Enquirer readers alike ask, of course, is "can humans be cloned?" Rorvik answers that with unlimited financing from a millionaire, limited red tape and several years of research on a Far East isle, as he describes in his scenario, cloning is indeed possible. And he makes a good case for his claim, describing the current state of cloning technology in clear terms for the layman with little science background. He goes through the three stages of the process (see box), listing recent advances made with animal cells and test tube fertilization studies...
...chugged my remaining rum-and-coke and bolted, motel room a serious five miles down the road. I reached in my bag, turned on the Stones tape, and stuck out my thumb...
Only by glancing around and seeing 400 persons packed in a Science Center auditorium--with about 100 more watching nearby on video tape--could you be assured that, indeed, you were in the right place. Yes, the glib man at the lectern would eventually show some important connection between hyenas and humans, a connection meant to explain not just general behavioral imperatives such as the desire to servive, but also the psychological nuances that could account for complex social institutions and hierarchies...
...crucial journey back to full respectability in scientific knowledge. Both Nixon and Johnson not only distrusted eggheads in the scientific world but also cut their influence and money. Maybe part of the problem was the ineptitude of these two in the world of machines. Nixon could not run a tape recorder. Johnson could not fully figure out his alarm wristwatch and once had to halt his automobile to solve the problem of turning on the windshield squirter...