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...encounter at the Dome of the Rock with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammed Hussein, the Pope said common principles bind Islam, Christianity and Judaism. "Those who honor the one God believe that he will hold human beings accountable for their actions," Benedict said. "Undivided love for the one God and charity for one's neighbor thus become the fulcrum around which all else turns. This is why we work untiringly to safeguard human hearts from hatred, anger or revenge." (Read TIME's cover story on the Pope's relations with Islam...
Although the legislation passed on Sunday did mention the possibility of buying the 45 Mt. Auburn St. property, it did not bind the Council to the purchase...
What keeps the flu relatively in check is that there simply aren't that many species that are susceptible to it - with humans, pigs and certain kinds of birds leading the list. "There are surface markers on the cells of some species that bind with sites on the flu virus," says Dr. Peter Daszak, an emerging-disease ecologist and president of the Wildlife Trust. "The influenza virus evolved along with pigs, and it did the same with a few other mammals and with birds." (Read "To Travel or Not to Travel? A Swine Flu Dilemma...
...inning win Sunday afternoon, and a tired and depleted Crimson squad arrived in Brockton yesterday. Senior Matt Rogers, who along with Douglas and Stack-Babich has paced the offense of late, missed the game for a class. While the offense missed Rogers, Walsh was most in a bind for pitching.“[Monday] night, I didn’t know how many guys I was going to have,” Walsh said. “I was just making sure we had enough pitching to get through the day.”Ross’ eight innings meant...
Americans are fond of the idea that they can keep from doing "bad" drugs by taking "good" ones instead. The heroin/methadone model has actually been institutionalized: you can go to government-funded clinics to get methadone as "maintenance treatment" for heroin addiction - since both drugs bind to the same brain receptors. Experimental types in the '60s believed that LSD was a wonder drug that could cure alcoholism. The same claim was made during the '80s for a drug that was, at the time, perfectly legal and even used by a few psychotherapists: MDMA, a chemical now better known as ecstasy...