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...agree with columnist Joe Klein's argument that the issues the public has focused on are turning the election debate into a circus [March 8]. It's time for the war on terrorism, the economy, our kids' future and other priority issues to come to the forefront of the debate. Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction, gay marriage and which candidate served more patriotically during the Vietnam War must take a backseat in the clown car of the circus, where they belong. MARK D. FULLERTON Mesa, Ariz...
...Harvard, make it happen: when SlamBall first becomes a club sport, then works its way up the ranks to official Division I activity, we will have been at the forefront, with the groundwork already laid for a dynasty...
...Forging Ahead Blindly With Cloning,” March 15). First and foremost, he criticizes Harvard and Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences Douglas A. Melton specifically, for “[showing] no reluctance to shelve ethical considerations to be at the forefront of stem cell research.” Furthermore, he claims that, “[Harvard] is already confident in its answers to moral questions—namely, that such questions are not important and need not be seriously considered before proceeding...
...1990s, an avant-garde movement in literary scholarship gained widespread attention for its antagonism toward traditional methods of analysis. Since then, “ecocriticism” has only grown in influence, and John P. Marquand Professor of English Lawrence Buell, Chair of the English Department, is at the forefront of the movement...
...morally repugnant. The center, then, is largely paying lip-service to ethical objections. Actually proceeding with controversial research is a very interesting way to “address” peoples’ concerns. Indeed, the University has shown no reluctance to shelve ethical considerations to be at the forefront of stem cell research: Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences Douglas A. Melton, another co-director of the new center, announced two weeks ago that he and a team of scientists would release 17 stem cell lines which they had extracted over the past few years...