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Before it passed a blanket ban on somatic cell nuclear transfer this July, the House also considered a bill which would have placed a temporary ban on reproductive cloning and would have established some government oversight of this largely unregulated field. The latter approach offers far more promise to prevent dangerous experimentation while allowing vital research to continue. With the health and lives of so many Americans on the line, it is the only ethical choice...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Don't Rush To Ban Cloning | 11/27/2001 | See Source »

Whichever solution companies choose, the goal is to get a translation that's linguistically accurate, culturally savvy and consistent with the client's global brand image. The latter element is key for American retailers tapping foreign markets. Berlitz's staff includes some of the industry's top consumer-marketing translators--a big selling point when Lands' End, based in Dodgeville, Wis., chose the firm to create French and Italian versions of its American website last year. Says Sam Taylor, vice president of Lands' End international operations: "There's a feeling we want to come through in the copywriting when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exporting: Selling in Tongues | 11/26/2001 | See Source »

...Kunduz from the decimated fronts at Mazar-i-Sharif and Taloqan had their supply lines and escape routes cut off. They had two options: surrender to the Uzbek and Tajik rebels or face death. As Taliban soldiers squabbled over whether to negotiate or fight?the Arabs arguing for the latter?U.S. B-52s on Saturday pulverized them while Alliance commanders promised to attack. Alliance troops in Kunduz killed scores of non-Afghan Taliban fighters?the much-loathed Sudanese, Egyptian, Saudi and Chechen graduates of al-Qaeda's terrorist camps?and many more are now at the mercy of both their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Hunt for bin Laden | 11/26/2001 | See Source »

...question of attributing responsibility does not change the bottom line. After seven years of peace making, Tel Aviv and Gaza might as well have been on different planets. Residents of the former are better fed, dressed and paid than ever before. Inhabitants of the latter remained crowded, uneducated and impoverished. It is this chasm that has sustained and fueled the recent uprising. It is this gorge that makes it almost impossible...

Author: By Nir Eisikovits, | Title: A War of Two Worlds | 11/26/2001 | See Source »

...violent pastViolence, betrayal, intrigue and infighting have been endemic to Afghanistan's politics for the past quarter century, first among the royals, then among the communists and finally among the anti-Soviet mujahedeen - and right now its the latter who are reclaiming power. King Zahir Shah, who the U.S. hopes will return from exile in Rome and lead a democratic renaissance, was overthrown in 1973 by his cousin, Mohammed Daoud, who was himself overthrown by a communist military coup in 1978. But as infighting among two rival communist factions became more violent and chaotic, the Soviets invaded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Afghans Just Can't Get Along | 11/20/2001 | See Source »

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