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<p class=story><span class=storyhead><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>The <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Darwin</st1:place></st1:City>
exhibition frightening off corporate sponsors</span></font></span><br>
<span class=storyby>By Nicholas Wapshott in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State></span><br>
<span class=filed>(Filed: 20/11/2005)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>An exhibition celebrating the life of Charles
Darwin has failed to find a corporate sponsor because American companies
are anxious not to take sides in the heated debate between scientists and
fundamentalist Christians over the theory of evolution.</span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=story><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The entire $3 million (£1.7 million) cost of <st1:City w:st="on">Darwin</st1:City>,
which opened at the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">American</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType> of Natural History in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:State> yesterday, is instead being borne
by wealthy individuals and private charitable donations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=story><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The failure of American companies to back what until recently would
have been considered a mainstream educational exhibition reflects the
growing influence of fundamentalist Christians, who are among President
George W Bush's most vocal supporters, over all walks of life in the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United States</st1:place></st1:country-region>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=story><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>While the <st1:City w:st="on">Darwin</st1:City> exhibition has been
unable to find a business backer - unlike previous exhibitions at the
museum - the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Creationist</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType> near <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Cincinatti</st1:City>,
<st1:State w:st="on">Ohio</st1:State></st1:place>, which takes literally
the Bible's account of creation, has recently raised $7 million in
donations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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