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...Japanese still have to win over a skeptical public, which was surprised to learn this month that at least 66 head of conventionally cloned cattle had been quietly butchered and marketed without any government announcement. To allay fears about the meat's safety, Agriculture Minister Shoichi Nakagawa ate cloned beef on TV while aides noted that it was genetically unaltered and--a gibe at U.S. growers--untreated with hormones...
...inevitable that whoever was first to allay such fears would become a national hero. "The Man Who Saved the Children" should be good for a statue in every town in the world. And since the odds of a microbiologist's becoming even a little bit famous are a lot worse than 5,000 to 1, it was perhaps inevitable that this hero's achievements would immediately be disputed. In a scientific field so heavily manned, findings routinely crisscross and even minor discoveries can leave a trail of claims and counterclaims, not to mention envy and acrimony, that are truly incurable...
Instead, SAC voted to keep the current system in place but to allay concerns of accessibility by making "programmatic changes," specifically publishing the by-laws that govern the selection process...
...Rugrats" fans of all ages will be thrilled by the entrance of a new cast member: Dylan Pickles, who is promptly and unfortunately nicknamed "Dil" by his very own parents. He turns out to be just as sour as his namesake, much to older brother Tommy's dismay. To allay Tommy's miseries, his father Stu takes him to the basement and bestows "responsibility" upon him in the form of an heirloom pocket watch; as a big brother, Stu tells Tommy, he now has a responsibility to take care of Dil. Tommy is awed by the watch his father...
However, officials from MIT hastened to allay residents' fears regarding the reactor, which is not a power generator but rather a research reactor used to treat cancer and rheumatoid arthritis and to conduct geologic studies...