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...embryonic research in the state, but current Governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 announced last month that he intends to reverse these funding limitations. A significant portion of Harvard’s stem cell research is privately funded. Many critics of using embryonic stem cells point to adult stem cells as a viable alternative for research, but for neurodegenerative diseases, the scientists at Harvard and Columbia disagree. “No one has been able to differentiate those cells into motor neurons,” Eggan said. “For some reason, the adult stem cells that...
...December 15, 1997: Stamps, Arkansas An eighth grader is arrested and charged as an adult after he confesses to shooting and wounded two of his fellow students as he hid in the woods outside of a high school...
...business leaders that if their government does not invest in education, then they must assume the responsibility themselves. By offering lessons in everything from basic literacy to aeronautics, "companies are taking on the role of the state," says Fernando Guimares, director of SESI, an industrial organization that coordinates adult-education programs at big companies...
Earlier this year, Takoma Park, Md., A suburb of Washington with a liberal tilt, held a special election to fill a vacant city-council seat. It was the town's latest contest under a 1992 law that allows any adult resident--including noncitizens--to vote for local offices. And since the election occurred at an odd time of year, officials took extra steps to get the word out. They mailed a notice, in Spanish and English, to every home. They sent a second notice to every registered voter. Yet when Election Day came, turnout was light, especially among noncitizens...
...book to promote, there's often no other reason any writer or columnist has to do the show. If Rich wants to "talk in an informed way," I'm sure there's an open mike at C-Span Radio, and if there's really a hunger for such adult dialogue, does it really have to be accompanied by childish crudeness? Actually, don't answer that. In any case, the media figures and politicians who clown around with Imus can pretend that the show is really about informed conversation or pop sociology or anything except junior-high-level teasing...