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...money for academic research—coupled with rising inflation, scientists are now scrambling for funds from President Obama’s two-year stimulus package, which includes $10.3 billion for the National Institutes of Health and $3 billion for the National Science Foundation. The Early Career program drew more than 2,000 applicants whose work directly related to biology or medicine, according to the Howard Hughes news release. Massachusetts-based scientists received the most grants nationwide, with three going to MIT and two to the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. Another round of Early Career grants...
...give her team the narrow 1-0 victory. “With Rachel on the mound, we felt pretty confident, even though we weren’t scoring a lot of runs,” Bock said.The Crimson got all its offense in the second inning. After Shaw drew a one-out walk, Schellberg and Vertovez loaded the bases with a pair of two-out singles. Junior center fielder Stephanie Krysiak, who is also a Crimson sports editor, was hit by a pitch to bring Shaw home with the game’s only run. Vertovez led the offense with...
Cheever drank himself right to the edge of the abyss but drew back. In 1975 he quit drinking for good. Chastened and sober, he completed Falconer, a magnificent novel of sin and redemption that hinges on a homosexual relationship. One year later, a collection of his short stories became a best seller and won the Pulitzer Prize. He even made a sort of peace with his sexual appetites...
...Soundly defeated Howard - Australia's second-longest-serving Prime Minister - in November 2007, in a rout dubbed a "Ruddslide." Drew support by pledging to withdraw combat forces troops from Iraq and focus attention on the environment, health and education...
...theory - but often mocked by reality. There are plenty of periods in French history where racial and religious discrimination were rife - from the colonial era to cooperation with Nazi occupiers. The 2005 rioting that spread across France's suburban housing projects - and the international media attention that it drew - provided another reminder that something was seriously wrong in the land of fraternité et egalité. That unrest seems to have finally provoked a period of soul searching in France...