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...Huang Hongyun injected 1.5 million fetal cells into her damaged spinal cord. Davis, a teacher from Ohio, hasn't walked since 1978 after a car crash left her paralyzed from the bottom of her rib cage down. Shortly after she awakens, Davis signals with a thumb and index finger that she can feel nearly two inches lower than before. "My goal," she says, "is to regain my stomach and back muscles enough to sit up straighter...
...study looked at the backgrounds for all CEOs working for companies on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, and found that Harvard and Wisconsin had each granted undergraduate degrees to 15 people who went on to become current CEOs...
...death of Mouna Adnan Habib, 32, a mother of two, who had been delivered to the city morgue with five bullets in her chest. Habib's left hand had been cut off--a practice common in honor killings, in which men amputate the woman's left hand or index finger to display as proof to tribal leaders and relatives that the deed has been done. In Habib's case, relatives suspected her of having an affair. "They saw her talking to a man a few times," said al-Jadr, whose staff investigated the case. Local police have told al-Jadr...
...month, they are so strictly monitored that it's hard to make contact with the local people. The Montagnards understand this all too well. In the Cu Mgar district of Dak Lak province, a middle-aged woman waves as a reporter walks past, forms an X with her two index fingers in front of her mouth, then clenches her fists and holds her wrists together, as if handcuffed. Other Montagnards grant furtive interviews but are too scared to be identified by name. "Please don't say we spoke to you, or we will be arrested," implores one. Another says tearfully...
...recruiting a highly touted high school student, Russell contacted the athlete’s guidance counselor to inquire about his academic standing. According to Russell, because the student’s school did not supply Harvard with class rank, the recruit’s Academic Index (AI)—a combination of a student’s SAT and SAT II scores, as well as class rank—made admission unlikely...