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...record for the council. In just four months, the council has reformed the blocking process, given over $100,000 to student groups and House Committees in hundreds of grants, produced a Springfest that drew 9,000 people, even in the rain, and significantly reformed itself so that it may function more efficiently and effectively. After decades of prior efforts, this UC has secured 24-hour library access, and it is well on its way to extending dining hall hours...
Scientists initially became interested in the COX-2 enzyme because it's found in so many cancer cells. When active, COX-2 produces a chemical called a prostaglandin that helps keep the stomach lining healthy. It also helps the kidney and blood platelets function properly. In tumors, however, prostaglandin becomes a bad actor, an evil conspirator that helps build the new blood supplies that tumors need to grow. COX-2 also makes cancer cells more resistant to the body's immune response and more resistant to drugs. What would happen, scientists wondered, if you suppressed the COX-2 enzyme with...
...Xbox 360 does, of course, have afunction beyond looking pretty. Its first order of business--but only its first--is to play video games. It's not high praise to say the Xbox 360 is the greatest piece of gaming hardware ever created, because gaming hardware gets better all the time. But there is a wow factor to the Xbox 360 because it's the first console for which all the games will be in high definition, wide screen, with Dolby 5.1 surround sound. It's like putting on a pair of glasses: everything is clearer and sharper...
...Americans, intoxicated with the idea of democracy, can't recognize when it has ceased to function effectively in other countries. Multiparty democracy certainly hasn't worked very well in Nepal since its inception 14 years ago. The King took control of the government three months ago, and since then there have been some positive results. I know firsthand that the government bureaucracy functions more efficiently. Additionally, corruption is being rooted out. Sometimes a benevolent dictator is required to govern the less developed. If King Gyanendra turns out to be benevolent, he will be remembered in history as the father...
...continuing controversy represented a risk to our reputation,” he said, adding that a major function of his job was to protect the reputation of the Nieman foundation...