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...which targeted its $3 billion at stem cell research and other biomedical initiatives. In California, however, legal and logistical difficulties slowed the distribution of funds, and opposition of publicly funded stem cell research stalled allocation. Massachusetts, however, should not experience this same public opposition to funding this branch of controversial research because of its more consistently liberal political constituencies. If the state takes advantage of its current strengths in the biomedical field, it should not experience the same delays that California did. The thriving of biotechnology in Cambridge’s own Kendall Square is one such example...
...room. Hillary at the top of the ticket but publicly committed to serving only one term. Hillary the decision-maker, but Obama given major domestic portfolios. In short, a partnership that contemplates both a woman and an African-American in the White House and Democratic dominance of the executive branch for (hopefully) the next twelve years...
...rise of the conservative movement, beginning with the creation of the Federalist Society in 1982 and not ending until the close of the judicial term last June. In his book, Toobin makes the point that the Supreme Court is as much at the mercy of politics as any other branch of government, no matter how much anyone wants to believe that the Justices are above the fray.“Occasionally during Supreme Court nominations senators will say, ‘This is just about competence.’ No, it’s not about competence...
...come from and, more to the point, what in the world is he doing out here? The short answer is that my wife and I have become a tiny part of China's latest revolution. We got an off-the-shelf mortgage from the Standard Chartered Bank branch in town, plunked down 25% of the purchase price, and bought ourselves a piece of the Great Chinese Dream...
...could be in White Plains, N.Y., or the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles - has had a KFC and a Pizza Hut up and running for the past year. In late summer, New Songjiang passed through one of globalization's initiation rituals: Starbucks opened its first branch here...