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...system, led by Garland Allen, professor of biology at Washington University, Paul Billings, director of GeneSage, which applies genetic technology to practical use, James D. Watson, known for his part in the discovery of the structure of DNA and Lindon J. Eaves, professor of human genetics at the Virginia Commonwealth University...

Author: By Alyssa R. Berman and Charitha Gowda, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Scholars Debate Role of Genetic Research in Criminal Law | 11/20/2000 | See Source »

...House Ways and Means Committee. It is imperative that representatives take action to move this bill though committee and, if such actions fail, that they initiate new legislation directed at the same end. Providing domestic partnership benefits is fundamental to recognizing the equal rights of all employees, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts bears a badge of injustice so long as such benefits are prohibited...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Fairness in Employee Benefits | 11/15/2000 | See Source »

Question 5 on the statewide ballot will mandate the creation of a quality, patient-centered healthcare system accessible to all residents of the Commonwealth by July 2002. It will call for an immediate moratorium against for-profit corporate acquisition of not-for-profit hospitals and HMOs. More importantly, it will restore the patients right to choose his or her health and mental health professionals The initiative calls for at least 90 percent of all premiums to be used for patient care, public health, and training/research, and no more than 10 percent for administrative costs, with simpler paperwork and administration. These...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letters | 11/2/2000 | See Source »

...Paul Kaplowitz, a pediatric endocrinologist with the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine in Richmond, Va., explains, "We've known for a long time that very overweight girls tend to mature earlier, and very thin girls, such as anorexics, tend to mature later than normal. We think mildly overweight girls may be maturing early as well." Kaplowitz emphasizes that the correlation is merely statistical; not every girl with a little extra baby fat will develop breasts early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Teens Before Their Time | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

When Hunt failed to stop, officer Robert Lawlor chased the car along Powell Street, Freeman Street, Amory Street, Dummer Street, Commonwealth Avenue, over B.U. Bridge, and to Memorial Drive in Cambridge, where Lawlor lost track of the automobile...

Author: By Andrew J. Miller, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Brookline Car Chase Ends Outside of MAC | 10/26/2000 | See Source »

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