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...high school student who avidly supports stem-cell research. I like that Kinsley brought to light the fact that the embryonic stem cells used in research come from fertility clinics, which otherwise would discard them. The advances scientists have made without government funding prove that with the necessary backing, we could be well on the way to curing Parkinson's and myriad other illnesses. Jessica McLellan, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS...
...right to pass auto emissions standards that are tougher than federal ones - a recognition of the state's historical struggles with air pollution. In this case, the state proposed rules that would have required automakers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% in all new cars and light trucks by 2016, beginning with the model 2009 year. All California needed was a waiver from the federal government, which has been virtually automatic over the past decades - until this decision, the first time the EPA has said no. "It's absurd," says Michelle Robinson, director of the clean vehicles program...
...economic zone (SEZ) where, among a smattering of grime-encrusted buildings and two unfinished helipads, Great Wall Motor, one of China's up-and-coming automakers, plans to build a $70 million factory capable of churning out 50,000 cars and SUVs a year. If it gets a green light from Russian officials, the factory will be Great Wall Motor's sixth overseas manufacturing facility - and one of the company's launching pads in an effort to become a multinational manufacturer...
...Faculty chose to spend two hours engaged in a meaningless debate over parliamentary minutiae and the free speech resolution of anthropology professor J. Lorand Matory ’82, leaving no time to act on any of the several measures pertaining to the actual governance of the College. In light of important and time-sensitive proposals like a graduate program in Visual and Environmental Studies (VES) and reforms to the Q guide on the table, the Faculty’s dithering becomes all the more irresponsible. We encourage the Faculty to stop wasting the time of both its own members...
...city of Cambridge itself has continued its custom of festooning Harvard Square with strings of lights. Overhanging Massachusetts Avenue at various locations, peculiar whirlpool-shaped designs shed blurs of light on the automobiles and pedestrians passing below. These odd illuminations alert visitors and residents alike of some impending festive occasion, but remain ambiguous as to what that occasion might be. Lights during December traditionally signal Christmas, even when arranged in no particular pattern, but the Cambridge decorations seem to imply some other holiday by their strangeness: something new, something different, something starkly conscious of a Christian heritage they carefully avoid...