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Half the size of University of Chicago's, Harvard's Statistics department distributes more administrative and department responsibilities per person. It's another reason why he describes Chicago's department as "more fluid...
...first insert a laparoscope, which is about ? in. in diameter, so that they can see the target: the small, bluish pocket, or follicle, inside the ovary, where each egg is produced. Then, a long, hollow needle is inserted through a second incision, and the eggs and the surrounding fluid are gently suctioned up. Some clinics are beginning to use ultrasound imaging instead of a laparoscope to guide the needle into the follicles. This procedure can be done in a doctor's office under local anesthesia; it is less expensive than laparoscopy but may be less reliable...
Once extracted, the follicular fluid is rushed to an adjoining laboratory and examined under a microscope to confirm that it contains an egg (the ovum measures only four-thousandths of an inch across). The ova are carefully washed, placed in petri dishes containing a solution of nutrients and then deposited in an incubator for four to eight hours. The husband, meanwhile, has produced a sperm sample. It is hardly a romantic moment, recalls Cleveland Businessman Popela, who made four trips to Cambridgeshire with his wife, each time without success. "You have to take the jar and walk past a group...
...fashioned liberalism for several reasons, not the least of which is that Cuomo was too lazy to present a cogent narrative. He relies instead on notes written at the dining room table at 5:30 a.m. or after a vigorous 15-hour day of campaigning. Were Cuomo a more fluid and captivating writer, the diary form would have been acceptable, but Mario is no Hunter S. Thompson, and his prose is more akin to a connect-the-dots game than a straight narrative line. Though the account is quite lively when describing Cuomo's and Koch's battle down...
...Israelis could retaliate by seizing a high-level Syrian official. But such a move, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Arens admitted, "would increase the chance for an armed clash with Syria." Other options could prove no less incendiary. "The situation is fluid and dangerous enough for the Syrians to play games," said a top-ranking Israeli defense official in Tel Aviv. "It might be a game they will regret ever playing...