Word: contestable
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...going off his Parkinson's meds to make a political ad in favor of embryonic-stem-cell research--and against Republican candidates who oppose it--the insult backfired. A pro-stem-cell law passed in Missouri, and Democrat Claire McCaskill was elected to the Senate in a tight contest. But it isn't just celebrity endorsements that make people favor embryonic cells as a possible treatment for Parkinson's (and a long list of other diseases): clinical results are starting to come in too, including those from a 10-year study of implanted embryonic cells in human patients. Preliminary findings...
...fight, those willing to take risks--and even suffer injury--in pursuit of prey or a mate. Our ancestors hunted mastodons and stampeded buffalo, risking getting trampled for the possible payoff of meat and pelt. Males advertised their reproductive fitness by fighting other males, willingly engaging in a contest that could mean death for one and offspring for the other...
...second half. They cut the Harvard lead to six on five occasions, the latest with 52 seconds left in the game to make the score 77-71. But the Crimson would not let Lehigh get any closer, as it made seven straight free throws to close out the contest, including four from junior forward Brad Unger, who finished the game with 11 points. In the first half, Harvard shot 52 percent from the floor and grabbed its largest lead of the season when it went up 39-17 with 1:31 remaining on its way to a 19-point halftime...
...mark. Classmate Sarah Vaillancourt pushed the lead to 2-0 with her 9th of the year at 11:55, and senior Liza Solley followed just over a minute later with the lone even-strength tally of the night. Freshman Cori Bassett, who also racked up three assists in the contest, notched her first collegiate goal with 45 seconds remaining in the frame. Bassett's was one of five Crimson power-play goals, including co-captain Julie Chu's and Vaillancourt's second of the evening, on 13 Quinnipiac fouls. In all, the Bobcats accumulated 52 penalty minutes, with two separate...
Quinnipiac may have boasted the ECAC’s best record heading into Friday night’s contest at Bright Hockey Center, but only the Harvard men’s hockey team played like a contender...