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...Such prejudice is commonplace. Many Africans see homosexuality as simply un-African, a custom introduced by European settlers and practiced by tourists. When two gay male tourists were suspected of arranging a wedding last year in Lamu, a coastal town in Kenya, a mob of 2,000 hounded them, forcing them to hide in a hall of a museum where the ceremony was to take place. "In African culture the act is forbidden," says Philip Mwangi, a security guard at a Nairobi supermarket. "People get angry when they hear about it. Why should a man marry another man when...
...things, Elf?s largesse allowed her to acquire a $2.4 million apartment, a $43,000 17th century tapestry and a $31,000 grand piano. Dumas apparently enjoyed the free use of the apartment?along with gourmet restaurant meals, $46,000 worth of art and a $1,500 pair of custom-made boots, all purchased for him with Christine?s corporate credit card...
Doing it in monkeys, however, could save lives. For more than a decade, researchers have been working with so-called knock-out and knock-in mice--rodents that have had genes added or effectively subtracted from their genome. By observing these custom-made lab animals, researchers have gleaned invaluable information about the workings of hundreds of illnesses, including arteriosclerosis, sickle-cell anemia and nearly every variety of cancer that afflicts people...
Lewis said he's not quite set either, noting that the desk now in his office--custom-made for John B. Fox Jr. '59, the tall former dean of the College--is too high...
...works like any other CD burner: hook it up to a PC, and you can back up your hard drive, store digital images or burn MP3s onto a blank CD. When you're ready to roll, it turns into a portable CD player for store-bought CDs or the custom-made ones you burned yourself. You won't have to be embarrassed to carry this in your pocket. --By Jyoti Thottam