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Like a red flag, cloning could alert the world to the awesome possibilities that loomed ahead and thus serve as a catalyst for public participation in the life-and-death decisions that might otherwise be left by default to the scientists--men and women who labored for the most part in the interests of humanity but could not be expected to be all-knowing and all-wise...
...pressures on the Egyptian President have seriously increased, even as the chances have diminished that he will be able to fulfill his role as catalyst for a comprehensive settlement embracing all the Arab nations that remain in a state of war with Israel. Some observers are convinced, however, that the P.L.O. raid and the Israeli reprisal are part of an inevitable chain of events that is pulling Sadat toward making a separate peace with Israel...
...travels make him a figure middle class Americans can identify with. His paradoxes are theirs--walking through slums as a self-conscious "tourist of misery," drinking expensive scotch but feeling guilty about it. For Harrington--and, he hopes, for his readers--an awareness of these paradoxes can be the catalyst that produces a passionate desire for greater global justice...
...Meditation is a practice which leads to understanding--acid is a catalyst to that." And then he broke into a tale of his Columbia University days, pointing out the difference between himself and his classmates...
...Benjamin Hooks; Carter admitted that he was "surprised" by the energy statement and that he disagreed "strongly" with its conclusions. Other pro-industry manifestoes may soon be issued by the N.A.A.C.P., whose top leaders concede that they have lost some of their old faith in Government as the primary catalyst for affirmative action. Says Denton Watson, the organization's acting public relations director: "The oldtime civil rights coalition is no longer useful for blacks. Our old liberal friends are more concerned about environmental issues and about reverse discrimination. The N.A.A.C.P. feels that blacks must seek out new allies...