Word: friday
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Friday, it must be pig cells. After Thursday's debacle over the supposed fusing of genetic tissue from a man and a cow, another small biotech firm has stepped up to the plate with a possible use for barnyard-animal DNA. But Alexion Pharmaceuticals' research, backed up by Yale's School of Medicine, is just a little more credible -- if no less fantastic. Cells from genetically altered pigs have helped heal spinal cord injuries in lab rats, and may do the same for humans -- offering a tiny ray of hope to millions of paralyzed people around the world...
BRASILIA, Brazil: Now the IMF is throwing money at investors. Desperate to attract traders after months of dithering that stalled its planned $30 billion bailout of Brazil, the fund Friday announced it had upped the ante to a whopping $41 billion. FORTUNE writer Nelson Schwartz says the extra cash should do the trick -- not just by filling Brazil's coffers, but by warming investors' hearts...
There's blood on the streets of Jakarta again. At least nine people were killed Friday in a frenzy of rioting that signaled how little has changed in Indonesia since the ouster of Suharto last May. Tens of thousands of anti-government students clashed with security forces as the People's Consultative Assembly voted on a series of reforms. The legislative body agreed to democratic elections next May or June, but decided that the military would be guaranteed seats in a new parliament. "The problem is that an assembly created by Suharto is now trying to define the post-Suharto...
WASHINGTON: So she won't get an apology from Bill. Will 850,000 small bills help? Paula Jones settled her four-year-old sexual harassment suit against President Clinton Friday -- and the case that brought the country to the brink of impeachment is finally closed. "The President has decided he is not prepared to spend one more hour on this matter," said Clinton attorney Bob Bennett, who will hand over $850,000 on behalf of his client within the next 60y days. Paula is also "very pleased that it's finally over," according to Jones lawyer Bill McMillan...
...independent counsel is not making an official impeachment charge -? and why he released the Willey evidence on a day when the rest of Washington was focused on Iraq. Not that Starr has been completely unproductive. In fact, the 15 felony counts his grand jury brought against Webster Hubbell Friday could put the President's golf buddy in jail for 110 years...