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...disrupt coastal ecology and the livelihoods of local fishing communities. India's health ministry is currently reworking legislation on human clinical trials to introduce more stringent punishment for offences. That follows concerns that Indian research firms were cutting corners and risking subjects' health and lives in their hurry to attract international drug firms. And lobby groups and non-governmental organizations have been pressing the government to introduce new rules on electronic waste, ever larger quantities of which is making its way to India for recycling, or worse, dumping in landfills...
Rightly or wrongly, Jeremy Lin leads the fan voting for the Bob Cousy Award. If he is legitimately the top point guard in the country, he will need to carry Harvard during this stretch of the season. The Crimson is sure to attract a rowdy crowd at the John J. Lee Amphitheater, and I see them silencing the Yalies...
...having surfed this windy California point break since he was a teenager, Banner figures he knows Mavericks' moods and furies better than anyone. "I've been humbled out there - really blasted - so I try to respect the wave," he says. (See Hawaii's monster waves and the surfers they attract...
...education to low-income students, we reiterate our belief that fundamental reform is needed to rectify the unforgivably inadequacies of American education. Such reforms include expanding charter schools in order to encourage innovation, instituting merit-based pay for teachers in order to incentivize excellence, and raising teacher salaries to attract the best-qualified candidates to the teaching profession. The president’s Race to the Top program, which provides monetary incentives to states that embrace charter schools and merit pay, embodies the approach that we support...
Corny Koehl, executive producer of Harpo Radio, wrote in an e-mailed statement that Ashong’s show—Harpo’s first venture into social media—will attract a new audience and benefit talk radio at large...