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...wonders of eBay allowed the scientists to purchase a $130 bag of 20,000-year-old woolly-mammoth hair from a vendor in Moscow, and the wonders of science allowed them to extract the mammoth's genetic information in the most successful attempt to date to sequence an extinct animal's DNA. DNA in general breaks down after 60,000 years or so, making the possibility of a real Jurassic Park scenario - complete with flying pterodons and bloodthirsty tyrannosaurs - remote. Still, scientists see the completion of the genome as the first step to uncovering and understanding the reasons behind...
...every three bills in circulation was fake. Though the Secret Service was tasked with guarding President Grover Cleveland's family in the 1890s, presidential security became a formal objective only after the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901. It wasn't until 1951--after a failed attempt on President Harry Truman's life--that Congress codified the agency's permanent protection of the First Family. Its duties also now include candidates for high office and visiting dignitaries. (See the Top 10 secret service code names...
...just as worrisome as any financial arrangements would be Bill Clinton's ongoing relationships with world leaders and his predilection for offering advice - as he did in 2006, when Dubai sought help in a controversial attempt to acquire six terminals in U.S. ports. (Hillary, a leader in the effort to block the deal that she called an "unacceptable risk" to national security, later said she was unaware that Bill had been coaching the other side.) Ex-Presidents always have that potential; Jimmy Carter has complicated life for every President since he left office. But should Hillary...
Last year’s pep rally for The Game did not go exactly according to plan. Despite Harvard’s best (and rare!) attempt at pep, rainy weather forced would-be cheerleaders to take their party inside. But tonight will be different. “It’s outside rain or shine,” says Vice-chair of the College Events Board Benjamin P. Schwartz ’10 confidently. Regardless of how wet or cold you may be, the CEB has ensured that Girl Talk, the popular DJ, will be covered by a tent...
...tallying 15 points despite being in constant foul trouble.On top of this, freshman swingman Peter Boehm came of the bench and stepped in to play the role of closer. Boehm sank two late threes in the middle of the second half to silence New Hampshire’s only attempt to get back in the game.“All our freshman played well,” Amaker said. “Boehm had some great shots, two big threes, [Wright]’s presence on the inside allowed the perimeter players to do some big things. I thought...