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...genes are not switches that say 'shy' or 'outgoing' or 'happy' or 'sad.' Genes are simply chemicals that direct the combination of more chemicals." What genes do is order up the production of proteins in organs like the kidney, the skin and also the brain. Thus, Hamer speculates, one version of the novelty-seeking gene may make a protein that is less efficient at absorbing dopamine. Since dopamine is the chemical that creates sensations of pleasure in response to intense experiences, people who inherit this gene might seek to stimulate its production by seeking out thrills...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Personality Genes | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...wanted to explain publicly why he and ANDREW GOLDEN, 11, shot up their Arkansas school, killing four classmates and a teacher. So says Tom Furth, the Ohio lawyer hired by the boy's father. Last Friday ABC's BARBARA WALTERS on 20/20 was prepared to air Mitch Johnson's version of the day of the shooting, as related by Furth. But that afternoon the piece was abruptly dropped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jonesboro | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...play, confined to a single setting and to real time by writer-director James Toback. Indeed, if he had developed his situation--two girls discover that their guy has been blithely having his way with both of them simultaneously--he might have given us a chic, updated version of one of those old-fashioned farces that once upon a time regaled Broadway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: And As For The Movie... | 4/27/1998 | See Source »

...find it, of course look for ?Gojira,? the original Japanese version that features our favorite radiation-enhanced lizard in full Gates mode, stomping on people like so many third-party software vendors. But settle for the somewhat altered but still terrifying American version, ?Godzilla, King of the Monsters,? if only for a rather fine performance by Raymond Burr. And try not to read to much into "Bambi Meets Godzilla" -- the boys at Justice surely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Godzilla vs. the Potato | 4/24/1998 | See Source »

Favarola designed the first version of his display unit in 1996 as an undergraduate senior project at Yale University under the supervision of Electrical Engineering Adjunct Professor Peter J. Kindlmann...

Author: By Nicholas A. Nash, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Get Sneak Preview of 3-D TV | 4/23/1998 | See Source »

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