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...Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center (DF/HCCC) and the University of Massachusetts, Boston, were jointly awarded a $4.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health earlier this week. The grant, to be paid over five years, will be used to combat health disparities in the Boston area. “This marks the beginning of a bold new effort to solve one of health care’s most troubling problems—health disparities that affect so many Americans because of their backgrounds,” Sen. Edward M. Kennedy...
...enough money to save umpteen families in Pakistan from freezing this winter, instead exchanged for the right to sit at a table and be serenaded by the godfathers of New Age Christmas music. There’s just something about the price of concerts that really yanks my goat. Granted, the number of college students paying said amount to be Steamrolled this holiday season will probably be zero, but I think the real question here is: why pay any amount of money to go to any live concert, regardless of how much you like the band...
...home theater world, the term used to describe the aesthetic appeal of a system is the "spousal acceptance factor." That is to say, if you pull into the driveway with a particular piece of electronics, would your spouse deny or grant you entry into the house? Thanks to DVD, digital satellite and cable, and the latest game consoles like the Xbox 360, the need for a surround-sound setup is ever greater, and so a lot of thought now goes into minimizing the aesthetic footprint of the required five speakers and subwoofer. Yamaha's compact YSP-800 not only replaces...
...Democrats began running an ad in Montana that attacks Republican Senator Conrad Burns, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee that handles tribal matters. Fully 42% of the contributions to Burns' political-action committee from 2000 to 2002 came from Abramoff clients. In 2004 Burns steered a $3 million federal grant intended for tribal schools to a wealthy Abramoff client, the Saginaw Chippewas. The ad implores, "Tell Burns to work for Montana's working families, not indicted lobbyists." The National Republican Senatorial Committee immediately countered with a press release pointing out that Montana's other Senator, Democrat Max Baucus, had taken...
Clarkson jumped ahead early on its Cheel Arena ice, taking a shorthanded, 1-0 lead just 26 seconds into Harvard’s first power play at 3:15. The Golden Knights’ Brodie Rutherglen skated the puck up the right side and connected with Grant Clitsome, who hoisted it over Crimson goaltender John Daigneau from the high slot...