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...announcement that the Virginia institute had created embryos just to get their stem cells--and news the very next day that a Massachusetts company was trying to clone embryos for the same reason--got everyone's blood up. "The blast faxes have been going all morning," said a pro-lifer who was lobbying the White House. There were many fevered comparisons to W.'s one-term dad. Conservatives hold it to be gospel truth that the old man ruined himself by breaking a campaign promise. Would this be W.'s version of "no new taxes...
...side is using the embryos to score points. The left seems to be taking great pleasure in pointing out what they see as philosophical inconsistencies of those on the right who have taken an independent approach to the issue of stem cells. Senator Orrin Hatch, a staunch right-to-lifer, makes a distinction between an embryo in a petri dish and one inside a woman's womb. So does Connie Mack, another committed right-to lifer. They both suggest that embryos outside a woman's uterus are not potential life and can be used for research. "Ha!," those...
...second Cup since 1996. Bourque has made such an impact on his franchise that although he has been with the team for just over one year, he is an alternate captain, second fiddle in the locker room only to fellow future Hall of Famer Joe Sakic—a lifer in the organization—who has been with the team since it was in Quebec...
...about deliberation, the other about speed. Nasser had to work hard and suffer the indignities of an immigrant growing up in Australia. A 30-year lifer who has run just about every Ford fief on the planet, he is a relentless taskmaster with a passion for machines, Savile Row suits and exquisite watches (he has 120 at last count). He lives the code of today's global corporate warrior, perpetually moving through time zones and making deals...
...surprise is Tommy Thompson for secretary of Health and Human Services. A staunch pro-lifer and welfare-reform pioneer, Thompson is a conservative star and one of the generation of Republican "pragmatist" governors that made it possible for Bush to run for president in the first place...