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...they? I refuse to believe everyone has the potential to become a monster, but the line between real life and crime is so thin as to be indistinguishable to some. Only in the ability to choose right over wrong are we truly human...
Huddled in a plexiglas incubator, 3 1/2-lb. Andreah Moran is, at nine days, so fragile that she looks as if her twig-thin arms and legs would snap from one false move. But gingerly navigating the tangle of blue electrodes attached to the infant's chest, John Dieter, a researcher at the University of Miami's Touch Research Institute, firmly massages those arms and legs and rubs Andreah's back and her tiny head. The baby sighs, parts her withered lips and begins a slow drool...
First, there's the flag. It snaps bravely enough in the breeze blowing in off the sea. But there's something just slightly off about the image. Old Glory looks, well, old in this backlighted image--thin, faded, antique, like the unambiguous emotions it used to stir in an age less given to irony and selfishness than our own. Steven Spielberg, in his new film, Saving Private Ryan, wants us to think about that, about how "the deep pride we once felt in our flag" has given way "to cynicism about our colors...
...they breathe, but those bulky air filters that ceaselessly hum and whir can be just as irritating. Clearveil Corp. of Denver offers an alternative way to cleanse your home or office of airborne dust, bacteria, cat dander and cigarette smoke. The Jenn-Air SilentAir purifier ($229) is thin and light and, best of all, silent. Like other filters, it sends out negative ions to grab hold of the pollutants. Unlike other filters, it has a charged metal strip to lure them back in--no noisy fan or motor. It takes longer to freshen a room, but finicky types might find...
...when it comes to cultural content, they are being sold a bill of used and impractical goods. A 1997 study commissioned by the advocacy organization Children Now and the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 71% of girls ages 16 and 17 said the female characters on TV were unrealistically thin; in fact, the girls chose males predominantly as the TV characters they most admired. Recognizing gender stereotyping is one thing, but successfully resisting it is quite another. "All the attractive women on TV and in the movies are skinny," says Rona Luo, a 14-year-old student at New York...