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...embarked on were “more scientifically adventurous than is typical” of work funded with money from federal agencies like the National Institutes of Health. Kahn, for instance, received Picower grants to investigate a potential function of fat cells that she said was too preliminary to gain federal support at the time. With the funding stream from Picower unexpectedly shut off, it is unclear whether the researchers will be able to continue the innovative work...
...thing about The Class is its conclusion. After all the edgy incidents it offers, when we come to the last day of school, the students are hard-pressed to recall anything useful or even memorable that they learned. They have, in effect, been babysat, kept off the streets. We gain the strongest impression of the education machinery taking a little rest before clanking onward, in the largest sense indifferent to the needs of its charges, the best efforts of its functionaries. We guess that the smart kids will come out all right finally. We also guess that none...
...student and her family had been extensively involved in the Obama campaign, had reserved seats next to the platform on the steps of the Capitol, and had invitations to the inaugural balls.” That students with powerful family ties who contributed financially to the campaign should gain preference over those who exerted great effort and spent time on the campaign is somewhat appalling. It is not the Ad Board’s prerogative to dictate which experiences at the inauguration would be more meaningful than others. Of course, a student who has a close family member partaking...
...Even if your planned escalation against the Taliban manages to avoid a replay of the Soviet experience, it will gain you little or nothing in the war against international terror. This is because the Taliban have neither the intent nor the capability to engage in significant terror actions against the United States outside of Afghanistan itself. Our terror target should be Al Qaeda, but they are now of course based inside Pakistan. Only the government of Pakistan is positioned to deal them a mortal blow, and accomplishing that goal should be your priority, but your influence in Pakistan will decline...
...death was of how distressed she would be to have become a household name. But some in her family decided to turn a medical tragedy into a legal nightmare. They accused her husband Claus of twice injecting her with insulin in an effort to cause her death and gain her wealth...