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...Washington University in St. Louis in 1966. A maverick in his science--he didn't initially accept DNA as heredity's master molecule--and a polemical writer (Science and Survival, The Closing Circle), he won 200,000 votes in the 1980 presidential race on the eco-based Citizens' Party ticket. At 82, he remains an active warrior for the environment...
...Doby, the first black to play in the American League, repeatedly chase down baseballs of the 1949 Red Sox. During the 1950s, we ventured into Fenway Park to watch the Red Sox host the hated Yankees for 4th of July doubleheaders (bleacher seats--rather benches--were 75 cents per ticket then). For tens of millions of New Englanders, historic Fenway Park is their personal field of dreams. John Harrington, corporate executive of the current Red Sox management, wants to tear down major league baseball's historic monument to family values...
...When interest rates go up, as they have been," says Baumohl, "the first sectors to register a slowdown are car and housing purchases." In other words, Fed chairman Alan Greenspan's penchant for quarter-point hikes may have finally eased the American public's seemingly insatiable taste for big-ticket items like new real estate. And this, despite its overtones of recession, says Baumohl, can be seen as very good news: The Federal Reserve may be able to lay off its series of interest rate hikes sooner than previously expected. The stock markets certainly think so - the NASDAQ on Tuesday...
...mate just won't work. One name no one seems to raise anymore because of her recent tough re-election battle is New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman. She is everything the Republican party ought to be highlighting--an intelligent social moderate with a proven record. A Bush-Whitman ticket might give the Texas neophyte a better chance at November victory...
...prospect of bus travel seemed exciting enough. For only $30, as opposed to a $200 plane ticket, we could take a break from our Key West spring break for a weekend out on the town: Miami Beach. Five and a half hours later, amusement at our tour of the Keys' extensive resort and mall facilities was wearing a little thin. And while Miami was certainly worth the trip, our Greyhound adventure was surprisingly hard...