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...have known who George Grizzard was; renown on the stage (he won a Tony for Best Actor in A Delicate Balance) doesn't translate to mass fame as it once did. But whether you saw him as an oilman in Comes a Horseman with Jane Fonda, as an imperious lawyer on Law and Order or the ghost of Rue McClanahan's husband (a recurring role!) on The Golden Girls, you knew that that actor was those people. As Andre Bishop told the Los Angeles Times, "What was remarkable about his acting was he didn't seem to be acting...
Politicians should not sacrifice their values for the sake of delivering tangible results to their constituents, former Mass. State Senator Jarrett T. Barrios ’90 told a room of Law School students last night. “I think it’s essential that anyone in politics wrestle with the difficult trade-off of being an effective person and being someone who actually stands for something,” said Barrios, who left the Senate in July to become president of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation. About 15 students listened intently as Barrios...
...well. After decades of silence about its Civil War and 40-year dictatorship, Spain is experiencing a dramatic revival of interest in its recent past: witness the slew of books and movies documenting the crimes of the Franco regime, or the teams of volunteers who spend their weekends unearthing mass graves from the Civil War. It was only a matter of time before the Transition, the period of time when Spaniards implicitly agreed not to talk about the past in order to convert their government peacefully from dictatorship to democracy, came under scrutiny as well. And no figure played...
...year. But as they did with the month-long strikes that crippled the nation in 1995 (and eventually led to the right's ouster from power), public transport and utility workers are seeking to derail Sarkozy's proposed pension reform before it leaves the platform by scheduling walkouts and mass protests for October 18. Other public service workers have voted to strike separately on a later date, and possibly join forces with transport workers if Sarkozy refuses to pull back his plan...
...therapeutic cloning, a technique used to create stem cells aimed at treating specific diseases. Scientists believe experiments with these genetically engineered stem cells could lead to breakthroughs for the treatment of life-threatening conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, and spinal cord injuries. In 2005, the Mass. legislature passed a bill over former Gov. Mitt Romney’s veto that expanded stem cell research by removing the requirement of approval by the local district attorney. But many scientists have found that the legislation actually hindered the possibilities of research by imposing regulatory controls on the acquisition...