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...Olympic officials do not consider AIS to necessarily confer an advantage. The seven genetically male athletes with AIS at the Atlanta Olympics were allowed to compete as women. However, the incidence of AIS in Atlanta - seven cases among 3,000 athletes - compared with the rate in the general population, which is 1 in 20,000, suggests that partial AIS can boost athletic ability, Ritchie says. "But," he adds, "it's never been proven that women found to be genetically male have any physical advantage above what might otherwise be seen in the extremes of genetically female women...
...bizarre behavior," the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who has ministered to the family in recent days, told People. "Apparently, the doctor was with Michael, maybe administering to his back pain. And then, the next thing that happens is there is a 911 call ... Then, of course, the doctor did not confer with the family ... He didn't sign the death certificate. He didn't talk with the coroner. And then he was missing in action. Finally, when he surfaced, he surfaced with a lawyer. All these are rather bizarre actions. There may be plausible answers, but we don't know...
...enhancement, effort still matters, but everyone’s contribution gets them just a little bit further. This springboard effect has the potential to generate rewards for all members of society, because many desirable human attributes—like intelligence—are not merely positional advantages, but also confer absolute benefits, like new cures for diseases or great works...
University President Drew G. Faust will confer 6,777 degrees to the Class of 2009 and students of all of Harvard’s graduate schools in today’s 358th Commencement exercises. U.S. Secretary of Energy and Nobel Laureate Steven Chu will deliver the keynote address. University officials announced in April that Chu would be speaker, highlighting his commitment to pursuing alternative energy and reducing carbon emissions, both as Energy Secretary and in his career as an academic. Chu received a Nobel Prize in 1997 for his work cooling atoms using laser lights. The U.S. Senate confirmed...
...Tenenbaum case by the time Gertner made her status call. After watching Nesson take audio of his client’s deposition, the recording industry’s lawyers told him in November that they would not consent to being recorded in any of the mandatory meet-and-confer session that occur periodically in cases between counsel from the opposing sides. After protesting that he needed the recordings as a teaching tool, Nesson said he would refuse to participate in any more of the meetings. The Court was not pleased...