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...president. On many social and political issues, students are left voiceless because the UC stays silent; a new UC could express the general student spirit and opinion. At the same time, the UC would be less radical than the various self-selecting campus interest groups, who would depend upon the UC as a reliable gateway to the administration. Of course, such a drastic overhaul of campus politics cannot happen within the current system of elections. Although making Houses “electoral districts” is a great idea, the problem lies in the fact that representatives are elected individually...
...Chen's arrest, while signaling that the skimming of pensions won't be tolerated, hasn't necessarily reassured those most likely to depend on them. Yuncheng, 70, a retired Shanghai municipal official, regards Chen's alleged actions as a sign that the Communist Party has lost its way. He fumes: "They are more corrupt than the Kuomintang...
That sentiment is as true now as it was more than two centuries ago when Lessing wrote it. Except now the very survival of our civilization may depend...
This shockingly small number made it clear to scientists that genes alone don't dictate the differences between species; the changes, they now know, also depend on molecular switches that tell genes when and where to turn on and off. "Take the genes involved in creating the hand, the penis and the vertebrae," says Lovejoy. "These share some of the same structural genes. The pelvis is another example. Humans have a radically different pelvis from that of apes. It's like having the blueprints for two different brick houses. The bricks are the same, but the results are very different...
...unless Yau decides to shrink back instead of continuing to actively try to discredit the story. Most likely, though, he will keep fighting for his reputation. Only time will tell whether he is a frog whipping butter or an antelope sinking into quicksand. In the end, it will all depend on how they tell the story when it’s over...