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...fears that the bribery scandal might kill the game may be overstated. The current inquiries are forcing the cricket authorities to clean house, and to warn players that taking bribes could end their careers. And the game's mysterious allure runs deep. "Cricket will survive," says Fathers. "For people who can appreciate a game that lasts five days and still ends in a draw, the fascination will always be there. Some cricket writers believe that's because the game is a metaphor for life, in which not everyone can be a winner but nor do they have to be losers...
Ricaurte's work has received much attention, owing largely to the government's well-intentioned efforts to warn kids away from ecstasy. But his work isn't conclusive. The major problem is that his research subjects had used all kinds of drugs, not just ecstasy. (And there was no way to tell that the ecstasy they had taken was pure MDMA.) And critics say even if MDMA does cause the changes to the brain that Ricaurte has documented, those changes may carry no functional consequences. "None of the subjects that Ricaurte studied had any evidence of brain or psychological dysfunction...
...United States has proposed." In order to deploy the proposed missile-defense system, the U.S. would have to either convince Russia to amend the 1972 Antiballistic Missile Treaty, which forbids either side from adding to its missile-defense systems, or else back out of the treaty. But the Russians warn that scrapping the treaty - which is based on the logic that defense systems diminish one side's fear of retaliation for launching a nuclear attack and therefore force the other side to deploy even more warheads to overwhelm such defenses - would void all other arms-control agreements between...
...LOVE YOU" This week Microsoft is offering a download that will update Microsoft Outlook Express, its popular e-mail software, to guard against more viruses like the Love Bug. The upgraded Outlook will no longer accept attachments that contain executable code, like the bug's, and it will warn you if another program on your computer tries to rummage through your address book. Check www.microsoft.com for the upgrade. Thanks, Bill...
...some feminists warn that Gilligan's assertions of differences between the sexes has actually encouraged a dangerous backlash toward biological determinism and traditional gender roles...