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Stem-cell research will one day be a boon to humanity. We owe it to posterity to pursue it. But we also owe posterity a moral universe not trampled and corrupted by arrogant, brilliant science. It is precisely because of the glittering promise of stem-cell research that we need great care, great vigilance and great restraint as we mount the slippery slope...
...Internet isn't the secure, democratic information highway we once hoped it would be [INTERNET INSECURITY, July 2], and spying software is now being used by parents to track the activities of their young children surfing the Net. This can be a boon to concerned and vigilant parents who wish to keep the predators and pornographers who lurk in cyberspace away from their kids. SAUL CARTER Modesto, Calif...
...study commissioned by Philip Morris in the Czech Republic found that a cigarette-smoking public, far from being a drag on public funds, was actually a boon to government coffers - to the tune of 5.815 billion Czech korunas, or about $147 million...
...sturdy U.S. dollar provides added insurance against any jump in the CPI. While a strong dollar can erode corporate profits by raising the price of U.S. exports, it also lowers the cost to Americans of everything that is imported from abroad, from cars to cameras. "It's been a boon to consumers," Berner says of the dollar, "because it keeps inflation down." He adds that the greenback should remain strong for the rest of the year because foreign investors "still view our markets as the most attractive in the world...
...inventories estimated to be worth $30 billion, the company seems poised to take even greater advantage of the network effect. "The potential is huge," says John McCarthy, an e-business analyst for Forrester Research. Indeed, projections that the semiconductor business will shrink 17% this year seem to be a boon...