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...dispute, after fermenting in the gut of the world trade bureaucracy for the past seven years, has become at once more serious and more ludicrous. More serious because, unless the Europeans fulfill their obligations under various trade agreements to accept imported bananas, support for trade restrictions will grow among many U.S. commercial interests and their advocates in Congress. A preliminary settlement appeared to have been reached last week allowing the U.S. to impose punitive tariffs on $520 million in European goods, though that figure is subject to review. Whatever the amount, it is not likely to please Europe, and that...
What Brownback knew in his gut going into last week was confirmed in closed-door meetings by some cold, hard numbers presented to G.O.P. Senators by pollster Linda DiVall two days before the trial began. The party, she told them, was stuck with a ballooning bill for this ugly year. Approval of the G.O.P. Congress is in the 40% range and falling. Something had to be done quickly, so a group of Senators held a press conference Friday morning to announce plans to introduce the G.O.P. version of legislation for a patients' bill of rights. There will be more...
...incredibly difficult, but last fall scientists at the University of Wisconsin managed to isolate stem cells and get them to grow into neural, gut, muscle and bone cells. The process still can't be controlled, and may have unforeseen limitations. But if efforts to understand and master stem-cell development prove successful, doctors will have a therapeutic tool of incredible power...
...play's atmosphere was backed up by its altogether eclectic yet superb cast, including students from Emerson College, professional actors and Harvard's own Adam "Waka" Green '99. Green gave a show-stopping, bust-your-gut hilarious performance as the would-be genius Schmendiman, inventor of some rather bizarre (and useless) creations. Green stole the show, providing some needed comic relief. He kept the audience laughing with his portrayal of the bold, overly confident Schmendiman--a perfect foil to the more thoughtful and modest Picasso and Einstein, who are destined to become the "true" geniuses...
...Gut check: the Crimson lost its lastnon-conference game at Navy Monday night, 75-71.As Harvard gets ready to return to Ivy League playat Cornell on Friday, it can expect solidperimeter play from its shooters and its pointsguard...