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...late-October Quinnipiac University survey underscored this point. Nationally, it showed Clinton being edged out by former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, 45% to 43%, within the margin of error. In red states, however, she ran behind him, 49% to 40%, and she trailed, 47% to 41%, in the purple ones. By comparison, Illinois Senator Barack Obama beat Giuliani by a single percentage point (43% to 42%) nationally but held that same margin in the purple states and came within 6 points (45% to 39%) in the red ones...
CORRECTION: Last Thursday’s comment “Cowardice on Display” said Senator Charles E. Schumer graduated in 1968. In fact, he graduated in 1971. The Crimson regrets the error...
...synbio research and plans to challenge Venter’s patent application. Two commonly cited risks of this research include the possibility for “bio-terror,” which is the use of new and potentially devastating bioweaponry by terrorist groups, and “bio-error,” which includes any inadvertent injury done to the environment by escaped synthetic material. Both supporters and critics of synthetic biology acknowledge the potential dangers with research in this field.George Church, professor of genetics at the Harvard Medical School, confesses he is a “chronic worrier...
...Colbert Report.” When host Stephen Colbert asked him to summarize how the brain worked in five words, Pinker said, “Brain cells fire in patterns,” to thunderous applause from the audience. The most common error made by student writers is addressing the wrong audience, Pinker said. Writers must act as better intuitive psychologists in order to anticipate readers’ mental processes, he explained. “Considering the audience is at the core of writing,” said Gregory A. Harris, preceptor in expository writing and last year?...
...what's going on here? "If the sentence is being appealed in Italy, then the [Spanish] court made a mistake," says Cancio. "This was a huge case, and an error might have slipped through." But Queralt believes Bermúdez was justified even if appeals were still going on. "Spain's Constitutional Court changed things a few years ago, ruling in one case that all appeals don't have to be exhausted," he says. "It's enough that the process is under way." Endika Zulueta, Osman's lawyer, sides with Queralt. In an e-mail, he writes, "I will contest...