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...nondecaying, stainless, deathless sort of robotic personoid. And when the transfer of all the vast and intricately nuanced matter of the mind and soul has been accomplished, the memories of the cells etched onto microchips, the human body, having been replicated in a better container, will be allowed to wither...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evil | 6/10/1991 | See Source »

...scientists sift the soul through a kind of electronic cheesecloth and remove all the ancient evil traces, the reptilian brain, the lashing violence, the tribal hatred, the will to murder? Will the killer be strained out of the soul? Will the inheritance of Cain be left to wither and die with the human husk, the useless flesh...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evil | 6/10/1991 | See Source »

...will grace and love, evil's enemies, wither too? The question goes back to the Garden. Does the good become meaningless in a world without evil? Do the angels depart along with the devils? If the stainless canister knows nothing of evil, will Mozart sound the same to it as gunfire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evil | 6/10/1991 | See Source »

...state rations water as croplands wither. -- Is the recession nearly over? Exuberant stock-market investors seem to think...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 2/18/1991 | See Source »

...turn out that this war will make collective security impossible. But President Bush and the other coalition leaders should kick and scream before they allow it to wither. Not for the sake of the U.S., but for the sake of the world...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: Forget About Pax Americana... | 2/6/1991 | See Source »

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