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...Scent not only tells males which females are primed to conceive, but it also lets both sexes narrow their choices of potential partners. Among the constellation of genes that control the immune system are those known as the major histocompatibility complex (MHC), which influence tissue rejection. Conceive a child with a person whose MHC is too similar to your own, and the risk increases that the womb will expel the fetus. Find a partner with sufficiently different MHC, and you're likelier to carry a baby to term...
...order to mount a successful third-party bid, independent candidates must complete a set of complex ballot access procedures in each of the 50 states. The process usually requires candidates to submit thousands of signatures on petitions to state election boards and meet varying deadlines. In Texas, for instance, an independent candidate must file petitions with signatures equal to one percent of the total votes that were cast for governor within 61 days of the primary elections, which will be held this year on March 4. But getting on the ballot is generally not a hurdle to third-party candidates...
...with a cabinet of Kikuyu officials, and has been known to prioritize the interests of Kikuyu businessmen. But, ethnic groups in Kenya are not rigidly divided, and attributing the violence to ethnic conflicts between the Kikuyus, Kalenjins and Kenya’s 40 other ethnic groups ignores the extremely complex disputes over land apportionment that are driving the violence in much of the country. From the tightly packed slums of Nairobi to the farms of the Rift Valley, land has been a continual source of conflict in Kenya. Since the colonial period when British settlers displaced Kenyans from their land...
...which women from both Mainly Jazz and TAPS collaborated. In beautiful and brightly colored traditional Irish dance costumes, choreographers Siobhan P. Connolly ’08, Whitney L. M. Kress ’08, Meaghan J. Beattie ’08, Driscoll, and Fitzgerald performed complex sequences of incredibly fast footwork while keeping their upper bodies still with seeming ease. At the end of the piece, the music cut out and the dancers closed with an amazingly unified and increasingly rapid sequence of steps...
...With construction breaking ground this spring on the science complex, officials must wait to see whether University development in Allston will result in scientific breakthroughs that will compensate for current spending...