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...Ziming. Ziming, who has cancer, and was jailed in 1989, arrived home Tuesday night on medical parole. In 1989 he was sentenced to a 13 year jail term for organizing democracy demonstrations on Tiananmen Square, which the government called "counterrevolutionary propaganda and incitement." Chen, who needs an operation to cure his condition was freed on medical leave, which makes it twice the Chinese authorities have released him for this reason. In 1995, out on medical parole, Chen organized a one day hunger strike to mark the anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre, and was rearrested. If he was healthy enough...
Costello is a conservative Democrat who doesn't fit the Democrat mold. An opponent of abortion and gun control, he also bucked the party by voting to keep the ban on gays in the military. Costello retains his liberal credentials because he is not afraid to raise taxes to cure deficit ills. Most important, he knows how to bring in millions of dollars to his district for public-works projects...
QUOTE OF NOTE: "I fully and firmly believe that we're going to find some cure for the dreaded diseases, cancer and diabetes [in space], because we can't find them on earth...
...Coop's recent failings. But I am shocked that the organization still exists. Students will continue to lose the value of their Coop "membership" in terms of opportunity cost as long as the Kremlin on the Square is controlled by an inept politburo headed by comrade Murphy. Privatization would cure such economic ills and would serve students well...
Unfortunately, none of these treatments can cure the disease. When patients stop taking them, pain and stiffness return, usually in a matter of weeks or months. Nor are doctors convinced that any of these approaches will ultimately prove to be the key to conquering other immune disorders. But there's no mistaking the optimism that has taken hold among arthritis specialists. "I went for 15 years without anything new with which to treat my patients," Wiesenhutter says. "Now, all of a sudden, I have all these options...