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...next step: implanting such a blastocyst into a human womb. There is no reason to believe that this will necessarily occur. But even if such a procedure might eventually be performed in some renegade scientist's lab, should that be reason enough to bring this promising research to a halt? I say no, do not stand in the way of medical progress. GILBERT ROSS, M.D., MEDICAL DIRECTOR THE AMERICAN COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND HEALTH New York City
Many Americans were outraged at the decision by Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig to halt the All Star game in the 11th inning with the score tied 7-7. And their number included the First Fan, President George W. Bush. "He thought it was ridiculous," says a senior White House aide of Bush's reaction to the decision to halt play when both teams had run out of pitchers. A former owner of the Texas Rangers, Bush watched the game, although not to the bitter end, since play continued well after his 9:30pm bedtime...
...pursuit of knowledge does not suddenly come to a halt at national borders,” Greenblatt wrote. “This does not mean that serious scholars must be indifferent to the world’s murderous struggles, but it does mean that they are committed to an ongoing, frank conversation...
Five-year-old negotiations between Harvard and Cambridge over the University’s planned government center came to a screeching halt this week—and as a midsummer deadline quickly approaches, neither side has a plan...
...organizations mounting those attacks have signaled they have no plans to change their ways. The promise that if the Palestinians would suddenly become a peaceful, liberal democratic society they would get a "provisional" statehood in 42 percent of the West Bank isn't likely to bring a halt to the attacks either. As one British journalist tartly put it, Bush seemed to be saying there would be no state for the Palestinians until they became "the Switzerland of the Levant...