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...That one lamb could spark so much debate and ethical insecurity is so startling as to be almost unbelievable...
When Dr. Ian Wilmut published his recent research in a British scientific journal, he gave the world pause. Every forum from the CNN Web page to the late night FOX show, "Politically Incorrect," was buzzing about Dolly the now famous lamb clone that catapulted Wilmut into the spotlight...
...YORK: An unsettling bit of science fiction crossed over into reality Monday morning in the form of Dolly, an embraceable ewe with an incredible past: She was an exact genetic copy of another lamb. News of the first-ever cloning of a mammal sent stock in the small Scottish biotech company responsible soaring as investors drooled (whole herds of the same prizewinning cow!) over the possibilities. More cautious types pointed out that this procedure could presumably, uh, be used to make copies of humans, which opens up an extremely large ethical can of worms. Ian Wilmut, one of the scientists...
...Charles flowing against muddy banks is to sense the general loosening that comes with the fernfresh smell of spring. The icy tensions of February are currently--though unexpectedly--easing into the windier atmosphere of March. Yes, friend, the forthcoming month will force the lion and the lamb into the media spotlight. Even in 1997. And we might rightly welcome both the lion and then the lamb...
...candidates for president, Monica A. Lamb '98 and Emanuel J. Brown '97, edged out four other candidates in the original race...