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...Somewhere between 400,000 and 500,000 such embryos lie in frozen animation in IVF clinics across the U.S. Couples have the option of keeping these embryos frozen, discarding them, donating them to other infertile couples, or making them available for study. Because President Bush has forbidden federal funds to be used to study human embryonic stem cells, only privately supported programs can ask couples with excess embryos to donate them for stem cell research. Given the high cost of each IVF cycle, however, more and more couples expressed a desire to keep their stem cells from themselves...
...Neither side can give in much," says P.R. Chari, research professor at the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies in New Delhi, who has been following the deal, "but both have highly skilled negotiators. The solution may lie in some clever language." Clever enough to persuade skeptics on both sides that their concerns have been answered...
...Little Girls" (from the Hollywood musical Gigi) to acknowledge the film's five lovely supporting actresses, none of them little girls; 4) insulted his host country, then tried to turn it into a compliment ("Many times they say, 'The Problem with France is the French,' but that's a lie"); and 5) squeezed some sour grapes by saying, "If I did get the Palme d'Or I was gonna give it to Bernardo Bertolucci, who's been ill. But I didn't, so it doesn't matter." One or two jury members wince at the oafish display...
...Iraq war its fourth, the country has lost faith in its government. Increasingly, Americans feel that real power rests not with the citizens but with the rich and well-connected. We live in an age when Jack Abramoff can buy influence on Capitol Hill and the president can lie to Congress, the country, and the world. Americans are not just looking for new leaders; they are looking for an entirely new type of leadership...
...knew which terrorists were exploding bombs. When he failed to provide information, they beat him with a cable or a riot stick on the back of the legs. He saw U.S. soldiers strip the clothes off a fellow inmate and put their feet on his head, making him lie naked on the ground for hours. Mohammed claimed that prisoners, angered by the death of an old man forced to lie on his face, loosened a tent pole and hit a U.S. soldier so hard that "he died...