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...When scientists sequenced the SARS coronavirus genome three weeks ago in record time, the coup was hailed as a milestone in medical history. And it was indeed a remarkable sign of how far medical research has come. But discovery often leads to greater uncertainty. "There aren't a lot of infectious diseases like this," says Dr. Ian Lipkin, a virologist at Columbia University. "This is a new virus we haven't encountered before, and we still don't understand a lot about its behavior." Scientists will eventually unravel much of this mystery. They just need more time. Here's hoping...
...minutes or 10 yards. He's in Russia, in Syria, on an island off the coast of Spain. No, he's right beneath our feet--he and a thousand guards hiding under the city in bunkers with a two-year stock of food and water, waiting to stage a coup when the U.S. withdraws. No, he left last fall and went to North Korea, which offered shelter in return for help with its nuclear program. No, Saddam and son Uday were shot by younger son Qusay, who fled to Syria and is secretly negotiating a swap with the U.S.: clemency...
...while holding back from major concessions, is unlikely to call off the negotiations, especially since the meeting is viewed as a major coup for U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell. "He's been working this personally and carefully with the Chinese," says a senior State Department official. Still busy tidying up after the last regime change, the U.S. needs more than anything to find a peaceful way to convince this Axis of Evil member to give up its weapons of mass destruction...
That this invitation came from two of Harvard’s brightest academic stars helps explain how Harvard pulled off its latest hiring coup...
...It’s a major coup for us,” said Caramazza. “I think that Pinker’s coming will strengthen us in every area that needed strengthening...