the American So- ciety of Newspaper Editors, "and less about government meetings."
Big city dailies also face increasing com- petition from suburban newspapers and, especially, local TV news. But TV journal-ists do not elevate the quality of reporting, observes Ehrenhalt. Kevin O'Connor, re- cently elected Milwaukee county trea-
RELIGION & PHILOSOPHY
surer, says of his experience during the campaign: "If you could stage something with color, you could get covered."
The Jou...
his academic
says Kimball. Although he prized clarity of successors.
Babel "What's Wrong With Babel?" Leon R. Kass, in The American Scholar (Winter 1989), 1811 Q St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20009.
"Then they said, 'Come, let us build our- The story of Babel, he notes, is one of a
selves a city, and a tower with its top in the series of tales in Genesis-Eden, Cain and
heavens, and let us make a name for our- Abel, the Flood-in which man is told of
selves, lest we be scattered...
Clark R. Chapman, in Asfrononzy
'Mercu~'~
(Nov. 19881, 1027 N. 7th St., Milwaukee, Wisc. 53233.
More than a decade after America's un- manned Mariner 10 flew near the planet Mercury during 1974-75, scientists have fi-nally digested all of the data from the flight. And they are starting to ask some big questions, reports Chapman, of Tuc- son's Planetary Science Institute.
Located about midway between the Earth and the Sun, Mercury is a "truly bi- zarre" planet. Its rock cmst is unusually t...
Clark R. Chapman, in Asfrononzy
'Mercu~'~
(Nov. 19881, 1027 N. 7th St., Milwaukee, Wisc. 53233.
More than a decade after America's un- manned Mariner 10 flew near the planet Mercury during 1974-75, scientists have fi-nally digested all of the data from the flight. And they are starting to ask some big questions, reports Chapman, of Tuc- son's Planetary Science Institute.
Located about midway between the Earth and the Sun, Mercury is a "truly bi- zarre" planet. Its rock cmst is unusually t...
(Nov./Dec. 1988), 2 E. 63rd St., New York, N.Y. 10131-'0191.
Only 34 years have passed since a patholo- Scientists have long since agreed that all gist performing an autopsy on Albert Ein- human brains are virtually identical. Ex- stein removed his brain to search for the cept in one crucial respect: the arrange- secret to the great scientist's genius. ment and number of connections between
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PERIODICALS
neurons, or nerve cells, in the brain. The secrets of the brain lie in &...
chemi- cal agents called cell adhesion molecules (CAMs). Just as CAMs create thousands of feathers in chickens, making no two feath- ers identical, so they create a multitude of subtly different neural networks in the brain.
The second stage occurs after birth, when the strengths of the synapses (be- tween the neurons) are modified sights, sounds, and other outside stimuli.
Ultimately, the workings of the brain are
Greenhouse Effect? "About
determined by "competition" among di...
Michael Reforming EPA Gruber, in EPA Journal (Nov./Dec. 1988), Superintendent of Documents, GPO, Washington, D.C. 20402.
On April 22, 1970, millions of Americans celebrated the nation's first Earth Day- and within three years Congress had cre- ated the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and passed sweeping new anti-pollution laws.
Today, writes Gruber, an EPA staffer, there is not only public disappointment with the results but a "widening gap" be- tween what Americans expect...
Michael Reforming EPA Gruber, in EPA Journal (Nov./Dec. 1988), Superintendent of Documents, GPO, Washington, D.C. 20402.
On April 22, 1970, millions of Americans celebrated the nation's first Earth Day- and within three years Congress had cre- ated the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and passed sweeping new anti-pollution laws.
Today, writes Gruber, an EPA staffer, there is not only public disappointment with the results but a "widening gap" be- tween what Americans expect...
the arsenic and mercury then used in taxidermy, Lloyd notes-Charles had given up taxidermy to avoid what he suspected were the ill effects.
Raphaelle took the job to please his fa- ther. But he began drinking, small quanti- ties at first, to ease the pain and other ills caused the toxic chemicals. His paint- ing faltered. His father chastized him for "high living and drink," and even went so far as to publish a pamphlet containing thinly-veiled criticisms of his son.
Raphaelle died,...
the early 20th century, however, many critics had soured on him, dismissing him as a mere children's writer.
What is to be made of Stevenson's ca- reer? "Given all that he had to overcome to achieve what he did," says Epstein, who teaches at Northwestern, "there is simply no setting aside his life." And yet, he con- cludes, Stevenson "was the literary equiva- lent of the decathlon athlete: competing in 10 difficult events yet holding world records in none." Writing...