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Junior Jonathan Chu and sophomore Brandon Chiu began the doubles competition with an 8-5 win, the final shot a net-cord volley. The Bears evened things up quickly, though, felling senior Chris Chiou and Nguyen. The Crimson duo had held a perfect 7-0 record before the 8-2 loss...

Author: By Rebecca A. Seesel, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Tennis Takes Ivy Title With Wins | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

...fact, did--is embryonic stem cells, the biological blank slates that develop into all the body's tissues. Thanks to stem-cell technology, people could become their own tissue donors with pristine, unrejectable cells at the ready to repair damage done by, say, Alzheimer's disease or spinal-cord injury. Stem-cell research in the U.S. has been hamstrung since the Bush Administration's 2001 decision restricting federal funding for the work to existing cell lines. In South Korea, which forbids human cloning only for reproductive purposes, the game is much more open...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Woo Suk Hwang & Shin Yong Moon | 4/26/2004 | See Source »

...breaks several leg bones. The other climber decides to lower his injured partner to safety, 300 feet of rope at a time, until he accidentally lowers him over a precipice. Knowing that soon both of them would tumble to their deaths, he makes a critical decision and cuts the cord...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening | 4/16/2004 | See Source »

...techies, teens and presidential candidates. More parents, especially mothers, are entering the blogosphere, transforming the way moms commiserate and families communicate. And communicate they do. Mommy blogs often take navel gazing to new and uninhibited depths, recording every aspect of parenthood, from the pregnancy blood test through the umbilical-cord clipping to the latest triumph in toilet training--complete with photographs, video clips and message boards...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Family Album | 4/12/2004 | See Source »

Meningococcal meningitis is characterized by inflammation of the membranes (meninges) around the brain or spinal cord, which can develop suddenly or gradually, and symptoms of the illness include sudden onset of high fever, nausea, headache, aching muscles, vomiting and mental confusion. Rashes also occur in about half of cases...

Author: By Katharine A. Kaplan and Rebecca D. O’brien, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Student Diagnosed with Meningitis | 4/5/2004 | See Source »

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