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...media, much to the chagrin of his party's establishment. But more importantly, McCain has given the GOP a rare opportunity to reevaluate its current party base. He has courageously condemned the leaders of the religious right and their pernicious influence, particularly in the form of religious litmus tests. Although we are far from comfortable with many McCain's socially conservative positions--such as his stances on abortion and gun control--McCain's commitment to campaign finance reform and willingness to depart from party leadership throws a certain weight behind his self-proclaimed status as a reformer...
...although Harvard can finish no worse or better than second-place, Dartmouth has yet to beat the Crimson this season, so pride is on the line. Tomorrow's game will determine who really is the best team in the Ivy League...
...Christie's surrender of information bought it conditional amnesty, but Sotheby's, slower off the mark, will get none. "The idea of the program is to get the first guy to break," notes Albert A. Foer, president of the American Antitrust Institute in Washington. Although Christie's may be off the hook, "Sotheby's could be required to pay a penalty. Some people could go to jail...
...this so-called blue revolution may not reach U.S. shores for a while. Although gene scientists in the U.S. have been tinkering with a variety of marine creatures--not only salmon and trout but also carp, catfish, tilapia and shrimp--these efforts are drawing criticism similar to that directed at genetically modified foods. Opponents, who complain about the fertilizers and other pollutants released into coastal waters by the fish farms, are especially concerned about the potential impact on the gene pool. They note that domesticated fish regularly escape from their pens into the wild and breed with native stocks, upsetting...
...toward a greater tolerance. Jones, however, reviled Graham. (He later reviled even Jerry Falwell.) His fundamentalist separatism suspended B.J.U. in amber on topics from anti-Catholicism to its ban on interracial dating (which led to the revocation of its tax-exempt status). Today B.J.U.'s positions are truly marginal. Although some conservative Protestants still prefer to refer to "Christians" and "Catholics" separately, B.J.U.'s hard-core attitude, says University of Akron political science professor John Green, is shared by only "a tiny, tiny portion of Evangelicals...