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The approach used to create inventories was the same as that used for the Heavy-Duty Engine (HDE) Rulemaking analysis (US EPA, 2000d) with modifications to reflect emission and modeling advances since that analysis.
And the LAT op-ed page runs the piece he wrote right afterwards to mend the fences with the fans, in which he advances the same "if movie stars can get it, why can't I" arguments you hear today.
I agree with Coyne and Orr that the theory and evidence for speciation by sexual selection is one of the most important advances in speciation studies, but it is important to recognize that the evidence consists mostly of correlations between diversification rates and indices of the likely strength of sexual selection; as Coyne and Orr note, there are no cases in which we understand just how sexual selection has caused speciation.
Unwanted sexual advances are rather different.
Robert Kaplan's book Balkan Ghosts , which advances this thesis regarding Bosnia, reportedly convinced President Clinton to steer clear of military action there for a time.