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...Bush cited the tax dollars spent this year on researching stem cells from adults, umbilical cords and animal embryos. But Bush hasn't announced how much money he will ask Congress to allocate for embryonic stem-cell research in next year's budget. Will embryonic research be on an equal footing with less controversial science...
...earth should Bush signal that it's O.K. to break the immigration laws of the U.S. just so he can make nice with Mexico and court some Hispanic votes? Did Bush ever think of the repercussions when illegal immigrants from other countries demand equal treatment? The U.S. already has enough social and environmental problems as a result of overpopulation. FRANCES WORTH Orlando...
...heart attack. Even more intriguing, Ridker's team found that those with low cholesterol but high CRP were just as likely to have a heart attack as those with high cholesterol and low CRP. Ridker even showed that statins, the most popular cholesterol-lowering drugs, reduce CRP levels by equal amounts--about 13%--in both groups, suggesting that the medications pack a double wallop, working as both cholesterol-lowering and anti-inflammatory agents...
...team churn out $13 million worth of tennis shoes, cross-trainers and sandals for American Sporting Goods' Avia brand. That works out to about 6,000 pairs a day, ready for export. China, meanwhile, is clamoring for membership in the World Trade Organization, which will make the nation an equal partner in a transparent, globalized economy. And China's winning the bid to host the 2008 Olympics, despite the surrounding controversy, means the country will have to endure widespread outside scrutiny, including that of thousands of foreign journalists...
...face of an obscure stone tablet is one of the few places in Sri Lanka where Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam can be found side by side. On it, inscriptions in Chinese, Tamil and Persian praise Buddha, Shiva and Allah in equal measure. According to the tributes, alms to each deity - 1,000 pieces of gold, 5,000 of silver, rolls of embroidered silk and taffeta, gold vases and scented oil - were offered in scrupulously identical lots. The offerings and the stela, erected by Zheng He on his third trip to the island, were failed bids at diplomacy. When his efforts...