Word: affords
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...board will consider what should be one of the easiest decisions they will make: Two teams of researchers affiliated with the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have requested permission to clone human cells to conduct stem cell research. This is a request that the University, and indeed humanity, can not afford to see denied...
...kind of work that continues apace in other countries. A South Korean lab has already extracted new stem cell lines from a cloned embryo. A lab in Britain plans to do the same soon. America could fall very far behind indeed if even the private organizations that can afford to conduct stem cell research fall short...
...saint, but it is no Goliath either. And its perpetually dissatisfied neighbors are no Davids. Oversimplified and unforgiving, the very us/them dichotomy lets Harvard affiliates overlook the College’s reliance on Cambridge as it allows Cantabs to neglect Harvard’s stunning community resources. We cannot afford to have bullheaded attitudes prevail at the negotiating table; community building must be a cooperative endeavor...
...saint, but it is no Goliath either. And its perpetually dissatisfied neighbors are no Davids. Oversimplified and unforgiving, the very us/them dichotomy lets Harvard affiliates overlook the College’s reliance on Cambridge as it allows Cantabs to neglect Harvard’s stunning community resources. We cannot afford to have bullheaded attitudes prevail at the negotiating table; community building must be a cooperative endeavor...
...high-stakes game in which neither side can easily afford to be seen to be backing down. Still, events may yet conspire to force both sides to retreat from the path of confrontation...