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George Palade, a pioneer in cell biology, won the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work in isolating and identifying cell structure. His research, which he conducted along with biologists Albert Claude and Christian de Duve, used electron microscopy to identify the functions of mitochondria (the powerhouse of a cell) and ribosomes (proteinmakers), as well as other cell components. Having emigrated from Romania in 1946, Palade became chairman of the cell-biology department at Yale in 1973 and then the founding dean of scientific affairs at the University of California at San Diego...
...Smears” Web site, entitled “The Truth About Obama’s Faith,” for example, states that “shameful, shadowy attackers have been lying about Barack’s religion, claiming he is a Muslim instead of a committed Christian.” That this rhetoric both contrasts committed Christianity with Islam and draws a mental association between Obama’s “shameful, shadowy” opponents and Muslims is no accident...
...another occasion, in response to allegations that he secretly practices Islam, Obama retorted: “Let’s make clear what the facts are: I am a Christian. I have been sworn in with a Bible...I lead the pledge of allegiance sometimes in the United States Senate when I’m presiding.” The question did not have anything to do with the pledge of allegiance; to even raise the topic sustains the false opposition between Islam on the one hand and patriotism on the other...
...very act of prayer (appropriately) transfers some anxiety onto the divinity. "The prayer itself is a form of power," says Ali. "We are not frustrated or losing our temper or losing our dignity or feeling lost, because we are close to God." Philip Yancey, the author of numerous Evangelical Christian books, including most recently Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference?, cites Psalm 46, a prayer listing a number of catastrophes but concluding, "Be still and know that I am God." Addressing God, Yancey says, allows us to "bring our fears to someone who seems quite positive that he's able...
...Graduated from Texas Christian University in 1959 with a degree in journalism; he started out taking pre-med classes in deference to his mother, but switched after two years...