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...Crick's longtime hostility to religious revelation and said his colleague viewed religion as "perpetuating mistakes from the past." Watson wrote that Crick preferred to rely on observation and experimentation. But any conclusion about the nature of truth that relies solely on observation and experimentation cannot be a valid statement if it is based on those two principles alone. C. Donald Smedley New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. Watson and Crick deserve a lot of credit for their discovery of the structure of the incredibly information-rich DNA molecule. There is a vast difference, however, between its original inspired design...
...Crick's longtime hostility to religious revelation and said his colleague viewed religion as "perpetuating mistakes from the past." Watson wrote that Crick preferred to rely on observation and experimentation. But any conclusion about the nature of truth that relies solely on observation and experimentation cannot be a valid statement if it is based on those two principles alone. C. DONALD SMEDLEY New Haven, Conn...
...sees every few months. While legal experts say marrying Watai might substantially improve Japan's willingness to let Fischer stay in the country, Fischer's application is now caught in a catch-22: one of the documents he needs to submit to get married in Japan is a valid passport...
...from the airport where he was nabbed. Japan's Minister of Justice is expected to rule in the next few weeks on Fischer's appeal against deportation. If the decision goes against Fischer, Bosnitch says his group will launch more legal challenges. They are also trying to get Fischer valid travel documents from a third country, which might prove to be a virtual get-out-of-jail-free card. While requests to a variety of countries for asylum have so far come to nothing, Bosnitch says a German passport remains a possibility: "Because Bobby's father was a German citizen...
...involves persuading them to convert their debts into equity in the slimmed-down postbankruptcy Parmalat, which Bondi hopes to float on the stock market as early as next year. And right now, the banks don't sound too happy with Bondi. UBS says it believes its transaction was "entirely valid" and that it will vigorously fight the case. Citigroup says that "Mr. Bondi's hostility toward the banks is a cynical tactic." Deutsche Bank says Bondi's suit is unfounded and that it "fully intends to defend" its position. Already, some U.S. bondholders are crying foul: while the restructuring plan...