Word: legging
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Meanwhile, scientists trying to make another Dolly--or her bovine equivalent--have come intriguingly close. For example, James Robl, at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, and his colleague Steven Stice have succeeded in cloning calf embryos from adult cells taken from a big, hoofed cow leg supplied by a local slaughterhouse. So far they've cloned hundreds of cells and nurtured dozens into embryos, but to date none of those embryos has survived past 60 days of gestation...
Though schools are asking parents to foot part of the cost of laptops, they don't seem to mind, so far. Many feel a computer at home will give their kids a leg up, or at least an equal footing, in class...
...dome,? said Prime Minister Tony Blair earlier this week, ?will be the envy of the world.? The contents of the $1.2 billion structure, revealed this week, include a 170-foot hollow sculpture of an androgynous human figure -- which visitors will enter at waist level and leave via the right leg -- and a ?dreamscape? across which visitors can travel on boats shaped like beds. Notwithstanding such Willy Wonka-esque attractions, many Brits remain skeptical. The rest of us will just have to live with our dome envy...
...entree--duck breast and confit of duck leg in a berry/orange sauce--turned out to be more than enough for two people as well as the most expensive of the entrees at $14.95 (the others range from $10 to 14). The plate was artistically complimented by a side of crunchy snow peas (not very Spanish but nevertheless rapidly devoured) and moist new potatoes, as well as braised shredded cabbage soaked in sauce and a generous sprinkling of little blueberries. The sauce was fruity without being overbearing, complicated by orange zest. The duck was billed as medium-rare, though be warned...
UNFILTERED, PLEASE Doctors often surgically insert a tiny mesh filter into a patient's groin to prevent a blood clot in the leg from traveling to the lung. Now research suggests that people with the filter may get as many lung clots as those without...