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There is no mismatch between our genetic makeup and the modern world, for our genes have given us the ability to forge this modern world. They have been built to satisfy our needs, to meet our requirements, to solve our problems. We have evolved to this; the path of human history is not some fluke: it is all that is true; it is who we are. STEPHEN KRIEGER New York City
...Awfully Big Adventure, directed by Mike Newell (Four Weddings) and adapted by Charles Wood from Beryl Bainbridge's novel, has the convincingly seedy look--almost the dank smell--of Liverpool after World War II. Even a visiting theater troupe seem tired and tatty under their gaudy makeup. With baths a luxury, the locals can afford only to dream. That, at least, is the route taken by young Stella (Georgina Cates, in an affecting star debut), who joins the troupe and falls in love with its dashing director (Grant). For Stella he's just the wrong person: homosexual, vicious, smooth...
...task force of 10-top level Harvardadministrators spent most of last year evaluatingthe benefits for faculty and staff. The alladministrator makeup of the task force was a pointof contention among Harvard's staff from thebeginning...
...final day of the 1995 term, the Supreme Court handed down a major ruling that could shape the racial makeup of Congress for years to come. On a 5-4 vote, a sharply divided Court said thatrace cannot be the predominant factor in drawing up election districts. The decision could make it much more difficult for blacks in southern states to be elected to Congress, saysTIME legal correspondent Adam Cohen. "In Alabama and Louisiana, two states with large black minorities, you could once again see an all-white congressional delegation. In the civil rights movement," says Cohen, "the pendulum...
...fact, as Clinton took his seat last Tuesday night for the speech, it was Squier who adjusted the lighting and critiqued the President's makeup. Then Clinton went on the air, emphasizing how his budget plan differed from the g.o.p. version: it would eliminate the deficit in 10 years instead of seven, protect education, and go easier on Medicare. The Morris touch lay in Clinton's conciliatory tone toward Republicans, his embrace of moderate Democrats and his willingness to alienate liberals. "This could be a turning point for us," Clinton told his TV audience, suggesting that bipartisanship could lead...