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...Mineola Twins” consists of six scenes, one depicting each twin in three different Presidential administrations (Eisenhower, Nixon, Bush) as well as scattered dream sequences. The twins, Myra and Myrna, are polar opposites: Myra is the rebellious one, tending toward promiscuity, drugs, and radicalism, while Myrna prefers conformity and housewifery. They violently hate each other, but have a strong connection: not only are they played by the same actress, they also tend to share dreams and hear each others’ voices at moments of crisis...
Nobel Prize winner, co-discoverer of DNA, and former Harvard researcher James D. Watson apologized Thursday for suggesting earlier last week that blacks tend to be less intelligent than whites. “I cannot understand how I could have said what I am quoted as having said,” Watson said in a statement to The Associated Press. “There is no scientific basis for such a belief.” Watson, one of the most famous biologists of the 20th century, shook the scientific community last week after his comments on race were published...
...World War I, and his work in aerial reconnaissance photography persuaded him to abandon the painterly pictorialist style for clear, precise images. At 60, he enlisted in Word War II, specializing in public relations photos and documentaries. From time to time, Steichen would drop out of commercial life to tend his own garden, literally. He loved flowers, breeding them (an iris is named after him) and photographing them. His floral pictures provide almost the only color in this dramatic, black-and-white show...
Nobel Prize winner, co-discoverer of DNA, and former Harvard researcher James D. Watson apologized Thursday for suggesting earlier this week that blacks tend to be less intelligent than whites...
...family is familiar with all this, as are the growing number of U.S. households "adopting" animals these days. The agencies tend to be cheaper than retail pet shops, and the families tend to feel they're doing a good deed by taking in a dog or cat that may have been abandoned or abused. A few years ago we turned to a "Schnauzer rescue" agency because, after our first miniature Schnauzer died of old age, we decided we liked the breed but were having trouble finding an affordable buy from stores or specialist breeders...