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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Apparently, there had not been too many black men in Sidwell's history, and those who were there kept their heads almost shaven (I understand why now). I was a novelty: a black man with more than a centimeter of hair on his head...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: It's Not Your Afro | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...wrong. I can understand that there is something different about my hair and this leads people to want to learn more about it. But I am not a petting zoo, and I refuse to be one for the white students to find out how it feels to run their fingers through a head of black hair. I can even understand that other people are not so offended by the act, but I will explain why things are different in my case...

Author: By Baratunde R. Thurston, | Title: It's Not Your Afro | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...worst year in six decades and investors fled the church in a panic. Now they're back for another fling. In January net new cash flowing into bond funds surged to an estimated $11.5 billion--the most since August 1993. The disturbing thing is that people probably don't understand this fickle mate any better today than they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bond-Fund Buyer Beware | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...should cloning an adult cell be so hard? The cell-cloning technique scientists use offers some clues. Typically, the nucleus of the donor cell, whether fetal or full grown, is transferred to an unfertilized egg from which the nucleus has been removed. In mysterious ways scientists still do not understand, something in the cytoplasm of the egg appears to reset the donor cell's DNA. That resetting, it has been clear from the beginning, works much less reliably when adult cells are used, even when they are relatively immature fibroblast cells...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was Dolly a Mistake? | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...electronic tablet notebook--they have good potential as a writing tool and a place to store information," says Allen Glenn, dean of the University of Washington's education school. "But as far as how you really integrate laptops into actual lessons, in a way that will help students understand their problems, that's still up for grabs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Learning By Laptop | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

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