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Scientists agree that it would be reprehensible to try to move too far in the direction of genetic uniformity. "The improvement and enhancement of genetics to some sort of optimum is not a function of medicine," observes the University of Minnesota's Caplan. "Very soon the medical fields are going to have to state clearly that their primary goal is the elimination and cure of disease and disability...
Much of the current activism is simply a function of the surreal alliance between nominally conservative Chair Kenneth E. Lee '89 and his former opponent--outspoken liberal Frank E. Lockwood '89--both of whom will graduate this June...
Brown, however, learned last Sunday that because he is a JV basketball player, and the award was given at a Harvard-sponsored function, he could not collect the tickets...
...gain access to sensitive data, they sometimes planted so-called "Trojan Horse" programs, which look helpful but actually function to steal passwords...
...landmark case Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court stood firmly behind education as one of the pillars of our society: "Education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments...In these days it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he or she is denied the opportunity of an education...