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...theory of evolution by natural selection. The truth is that the theory is not only an overwhelmingly powerful explanation for how life on Earth manages to come in such a bewildering array of different types, but the only such theory in science. Like any scientific theory, it can't explain how every aspect of every organism came to be, but each time scientists find new evidence-fossils of dinosaurs bearing feathers; fossils of the mammals whose descendants are whales; the molecular structure DNA that carries traits from one generation to the next; the mutations that can alter DNA to introduce...
...Jacques Chirac to do what he was elected for. As Duhamel wrote, "Chirac has failed to tackle France's two most pressing social problems: unemployment and the integration of immigrant populations." Duhamel and other French intellectuals must now accept that all the French psychobabble about victimized youth did not explain the riots in the banlieues. What is really sad is the number of burned cars and shops it has taken to open the eyes of France's so-called intelligentsia. Nicolas Thébault Versailles, France The riots that exploded in the French suburbs are another proof, if needed, that...
...finding people whom we trusted. And we learned and learned. We used the same skills we'd applied to business prospects." At one point, baffled by the organizational complexities of the U.N., Stonesifer called a man who works there and asked if he had a PowerPoint presentation that would explain how it all works. He did. "So he sent me a PowerPoint presentation, and Bill and Melinda and I went through it!" says Stonesifer...
...been said that celebrities serve the same function that ancient gods did, but there is a difference. People created gods to explain things--lightning, death--that they could not understand. We worship celebrities because they're simple focal points in a world in which we have too much information. As Witness preaches--See It, Film It, Change It--the most valuable commodity in ending misery is not money or even will but attention. And attention is the celebrigod's lightning bolt. If the most fatuous celebrity plants himself near a problem, he may embarrass himself. But at least someone will...
...student groups and HoCos. When some members of the UC suggested that Harvard misrepresented its support of student groups to prospective applicants, Summers appeared agitated. “If Harvard misrepresents anything, I’d want to know that,” he said. He went on to explain that much of Harvard’s budget becomes a balancing act since many components of the University would like to have increased funding. While Summers noted that funding for student groups and HoCos comes from the College, not the University, he said his office recently allocated $6.5 million toward...