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...Wells mentions a rumor dating back to the 18th century that the earl once gave Shakespeare a thousand pounds, possibly to allow the Bard to purchase the second largest house in Stratford-on-Avon. That would be an extraordinary amount of money even from a patron who was, as Wells describes him, "very rich and very generous, almost profligate." But if the rumor is true, it might be another sign of the very high regard that the earl had for his favored poet. "This rumor has often been discounted," says Wells. "In one of my own books, I said...
...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...
...heated rhetoric he has used in recent weeks towards his own party has shocked some of his longtime observers. Just last week, Bunning reportedly told party donors that if the party kept pressuring him, he would simply quit and allow the Democratic governor of Kentucky to appoint his replacement. He has since denied the claims, and did so to TIME again this week through a spokesman. But the Louisville Courier-Journal, the state's leading newspaper, has stuck with its story, citing three sources who say they heard Bunning make the threat...