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...There’s a quote in the old Masters handbook that says something to the effect of: Allow something once, and it’s precedent. Allow it twice, and it’s tradition. I suppose this would be classified as a tradition,” said former HoCo Chair Omar Abdelsamad...
...proceeds to cite additional surveys proving that, while working women strongly desire to drift back into domesticity, men want to remain in the workplace, even in the absence of a financial imperative to do so. What better solution, Basham reasons, than to abide by these apparently biological urges and allow the man to work, while the woman acts as a productivity and profit maximizing sidekick...
...stem cell lines that scientists can use. Instead, the National Institute of Health will have 120 days to establish new research guidelines, meaning that the number of accessible stem cell lines—which Bush had limited to 21—should soon be in the hundreds. This will allow scientists to work on new lines and start to draw together cells of different sources, which should lead to more rapid advances...
...flags were featured prominently in the production. The set itself proved to be one of the production’s greatest assets. Its multitude of hiding places and doors gave the impression that the stage was much larger than the confined space of the Lowell dining hall could ever allow it to be. If only the dining hall could somehow have a loggione installed, then “Otello” would have truly rivaled a “La Scala” production...
...project, he said. Kevin Casey, the University’s chief lobbyist, said that Harvard has long called for such a decision, both individually and in concert with the Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research, a national bipartisan research advocacy group. And the timing of the announcement may allow Harvard researchers to apply for federal funding to support embryonic stem cell research, Casey said. “With the stimulus bill legislation, it would have been a shame to miss that opportunity for embryonic stem cell research to benefit from that,” Casey said...