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Calling the federal ban against stem cell research “misguided,” Summers said that Harvard needed to make even more investments in this area...
...this work is funded by private donations to HSCI, since President Bush banned the use of federal funding to create new human embryonic stem cell lines in 2001. The HSCI occupies separate lab space on the University's campus to avoid violating the ban...
...constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage is scheduled for a vote in the Senate this week, and congressional Democrats are mostly downplaying the issue, saying the country has bigger problems to worry about. Dean, however, issued a proclamation saluting Pride Month for "lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals" and lionizing the early gay advocates who stood up for themselves in June 1969 at the Stonewall Inn. On Friday and Saturday, gay-rights messages took up much of the valuable real estate of the Democratic National Committee's home page, which warned Republicans, "Don't Trample on LGBT Americans for Partisan...
DIED. James Conway, 78, co-founder of Mister Softee ice cream, cherished mobile purveyor of frozen delights; in Ocean City, N.J. Such was the ardor for the white trucks that when New York City officials tried to ban the familiar--to some, cloying--jingle, a public outcry forced them to back down. Launched in 1956, when Conway and his brother William drove a truck around Philadelphia giving away green ice cream on St. Patrick's Day, the company now has 600 trucks in 15 states...
...solve the parking problem.NO ONE IN THE DRIVER’S SEATWhile a number of authorities proposed solutions to the space crunch, no one seemed willing to lead the charge, and a consensus was hard to come by. Patrick F. Ready, the chief of police for Cambridge, wanted to ban all cars in the College except those belonging to seniors and faculty. Others, including mayor John J. Foley, looked to alternate side of the street parking as the solution. Only City Manager John J. Curry ’19 knew exactly what to do: “Tear down...