t in conversation and during recent protests is anger fury over the pace of the murder investigation, indignity over the dearth of opportunity that makes this area the nation's poorest, and disappointment that America doesn't seem to care.Amid all this tension, President Clinton is set to arrive tomorrow, with a contingent of business executives in tow. He's coming to emphasize the standing of Pine Ridge Reservation a topography of gently rolling hills and sparsely populated grasslands as an empowerment zone. His visit is intended to bring investment and jobs to a place where 8 in 10 adults are unemployed, per capita income is $4,000 a year, and health problems and alcoholism are far greater than the national averages.The tribal government here wants to put on a good face for the captains of industry and lure investment, but activists say they plan further protests.For now, though, Whiteclay remains a ghost town, evacuated last week at the order of Nebraska Gov. Mike Johanns (R), after a June 26 protest turned
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Ugg Bailey Button Triplet Boots f species first began to circulate in British society during the mid19th century, one aghast gentleman pronounced: Let us hope that it is not true. But if it is, let us hope that it does not become generally known!Evolution frightened the Victorians because of its apparent threat to religion and it continues to trouble society to this day. Although Darwin's theory is accepted as fact by virtually all respected scientists, fewer than half of all Americans today believe that humans evolved from an earlier species.If anything, recent events indicate that opposition to evolution may be on the rise: Last August, the Kansas School Board voted to remove evolution from the state's science curriculum. Oklahoman officials recently ordered that all state biology textbooks bear a disclaimer calling evolution a controversial theory. And Kentucky's state education officials decided last month to eliminate the word evolution from the school curriculum, replacing it with the phrase change over time.Kenneth Miller, a professor o
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