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...also conceivable that therapeutic cloning will turn out to be a dead end, of course; the concept is still purely theoretical, and those who tout it without caveats are being irresponsible. But abandoning the effort because one scientist overreached would be equally foolish...
...evil, Forest Ethics has tried to introduce Victoria's Secret to green-friendly suppliers and convince the company of the benefits of using recycled paper. "It used to be that you either worked with companies or against them," says Forest Ethics executive director Todd Paglia. "But that's foolish and a false choice. We help companies change, but we don't take no for an answer...
...privacy level. If a student is intent upon having a more unsavory online reputation, he or she should simply opt for a more exclusive level of privacy. While frustrating for those students who hate being denied access to any profile, it is a more reasonable option than risking looking foolish in front of prospective employers...
...praise of Le Pen’s “wisdom.” No one has contributed more to the spread of racism in France than Jean-Marie Le Pen during his long political career. To describe Le Pen as a “tactless and sometimes foolish old man” would strike the majority of French citizens—of all possible heritages, backgrounds, faiths, and political tendencies—as, at the very least, a very bad joke...
...transportation at 3 a.m., but I never hit traffic driving up my street. I cannot eat at the latest ethnic fusion restaurant, but I can go apple picking. Suburbia has reduced the choices I have to make in life, and in effect, simplified things. Of course, it would be foolish to say that Hamden has more going on than New York (it doesn’t) or is more diverse (it isn’t) or can provide me with more opportunities (it can’t), but a simplicity pervades it that will never appear in New York...