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...wife Jane now tie up their sailboat to a dock in their own backyard. More than a dozen public and private golf courses dot the vicinity, and because of the mild Carolina climate, Jack can tee up even in winter. The average temperature of 62.2[degrees] is a boon to gardeners; something is in bloom the year round...
...creation of Loker is 1996 was a "boon" for the group, according to Murad S. Hussain '99, former HRTV president. With the introduction of a central location to show its work, HRTV kicked into a higher gear...
Barlow argues that the copying and sharing of songs on the Web will be a boon to musicians. He cites the fact that the Grateful Dead used to allow fans to tape its live shows and became one of the most popular acts in rock. But Brooke has this worry: "There's a danger to making things so accessible that you devalue your own work." The challenge for musicians will be to stay both Web friendly and in control of their music...
Over the past two decades we have learned that the best thing government can do is rid itself of involvement in the private economy. From Britain to Chile to China, privatization has everywhere proved an economic boon. Investing Social Security funds in the private economy is a total reversal of this salutary trend. The idea is to get government out of private industry...
...this untapped potential could be a terrific boon to medicine. Most diseases involve the death of healthy cells--brain cells in Alzheimer's, cardiac cells in heart disease, pancreatic cells in diabetes, to name a few. If doctors could isolate stem cells, then direct their growth, they might be able to furnish patients with healthy replacement tissue...