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...even if today's doctor knew which sex to expect, and even if he could predict trouble, there would be little for him to do except prepare to interrupt the pregnancy or to provide treatment after birth. Soon, however, prenatal care for fetuses still in the womb may be possible for a host of problems. And if sex is an element in the diagnosis, the doctor will be more curious than ever. But how will he tell...
...imagination has conjured up an oddball universe where time actually runs backward. There, reports Stannard in Nature, a swimmer would rise from the water to land on a diving board, a decaying apple would gradually turn unripe and then into a blossom, all life would proceed from tomb to womb...
...believes, all repressions would go with them. Man could then attain a golden age of sexuality-not just of the genital variety, which in itself, he believes, imposes a kind of tyranny-but of the uninhibited, innocent sexuality that, according to Freud, controls man's actions from womb to tomb...
...with it choreographically." Last week at the Vienna State Opera, Nureyev presented Tancredi, his first try at choreographing a modern ballet. No pretty picture princes, no fluttering ballerinas in cupid wings this time. He turned the old love-triangle theme into an exploration of neurosis from womb to tomb, into a balletic adventure that was, as one critic put it, "for the Jung in heart...
...feet wide, weighs six tons, is built like a zeppelin of chicken wire, fabric and glue, and is currently lying on her back with knees raised in a gallery of Stockholm's Museum of Modern Art. A cross between an amusement park and a return to the womb, She is one of the most uproarious, outrageous-and incredibly popular-exhibits to make its debut in Sweden's capital in years...