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...with an alcohol solution of Vitalub, a common ammonium disinfectant. But the fusarium appeared oblivious: scientists learned that it lived in diabolical symbiosis with a bacterium, Pseudomonas fluorescens, which was degrading the fungicide, so the restorers added antibiotics to the mix in which they soaked bandages to plaster the lower walls of the cave. Tons of quicklime, which kills the fungus but also temporarily raised the cave's ambient temperature, was spread on the floor. Since the worst of the infection has been brought under control, "mechanical removal" continues - that is, carefully plucking the filaments from the wall by hand...
...inequity of its effects, they say.“The Higher Education Act is a barrier to education that primarily punishes working-class Americans,” says Adam Wolf, staff attorney for the ACLU Drug Reform Project. The ACLU claims that the provision hurts students of lower economic status, those who would most need federal financial aid. A list of organizations as diverse as the New York Times Editorial Board, the American Council on Education, and the Presbyterian Church have declared their opposition to the penalty.The law also has an inequitable effect even among convicts, says the ACLU...
...Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman, whose Owen Davian is surprisingly unmannered. He does not twirl a mustache or stroke a cat; he?s just a bad dude in a worse mood, simmering and glowering. Does Hoffman class up the film or lower its temperature? Argue both sides...
...questions,” Breyer explained. Breyer also spoke about recent court decisions paring back the federal sentencing guidelines—decisions that Breyer has supported even though he is widely regarded as the architect of these rules. The court altered them because many lower court judges were not departing from the guidelines when the facts of their cases were atypical, he said. “Making them advisory were really what they were supposed to be to begin with,” Breyer said. “It was a practical solution to the problem.” Breyer...
...campaign on whether he heeds their advice. And on that score, it was a mixed bag. Snowe, in the meeting with top GOP senators, called for Bush to extend the May 15 deadline for when seniors can sign up for the prescription drug plan and offered several proposals to lower gas prices. But the Maine Senator and the President couldn't even agree on how many seniors have yet to sign up for the drug plan (Snowe said 8 to 10 million , while Bush said it was 6 million). However, the White House did agree with one of Snowe...