M: Your house looks nice. What did you do to it
W: I had it painted.
What if our society uses new-found technologies of "genetic engineering" to interfere with the biological nature of human beings Might that not be disastrous
What about cloning, for instance
Cloning is a term originally used in connection with nonsexual reproduction of plants and very simple animals. Now it is coming into use in connection with higher animals, since biologists are finding ways of starting with an individual cell of a grown animal and inducing it to multiply in the same way in the future.
But is cloning a safe thing to unleash on society Might it not be used for destructive purposes For instance, might not some ruling group decide to clone their submissive, downtrodden peasantry, and thus produce endless hordes of semi-robots who will slave to keep a few in luxury and who may even serve as endless ranks of soldiers designed to conquer the rest of the world
A dreadful thought, but an unnecessary fear. For one thing, there i
A. genetic engineers are experimenting with cloning
B. the cloning of human could produce a privileged class
C. worries about the dangers of human cloning are ill-founded
D. personality traits cannot be passed on through cloning
In targeting consumers what Pepsi calls the "Power of One" makes perfect sense: it’s all about making sure. that everybody who buys a salty bag of Tostitos or Lay’s potato chips has to think twice before passing up that thirst quenching bottle of Pepsi or Mountain Dew across the aisle.
In the back offices of supermarkets and discount stores, Pepsi is waging another kind of war, pitching itself not just as a supplier but also as a partner in a highly competitive business. Coined. Pepsi, Frito Lay and Tropicana account for ＄ 11 billion in retail sales at supermarkets -- hefty numbers that Coke can’t match. "We represent up to 13% of their profits," says PepsiCo’s new senior vice president for sales and marketing, AI Carey. Last month Carey accompanied Enrico and the presidents of Pepsi, Prito and Tropicana on a historic first joint call on a major retailer to remind the customer of those figures.
For Enrico, the ree
A. fire breaks out often in potato chips
B. salty food encourages the sale of cola
C. it is not easy to make a purchase before thinking carefully
D. being thirsty is the only reason for buying cola
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