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...stem cell research, but another accepts it; the Methodists might want to protect embryos, but traditional Jewish law treats them “as if they were water.” Finally, the Commission tries to split the baby—perhaps literally—by deciding that embryos merit some respect as “a form of human life,” but not quite so much respect as an adult. A nice compromise, since it leads to no distinct conclusions and satisfies...
...believes Oslo is dead, and insists he'll only discuss long-term interim agreements. But for Arafat, the only purpose of talking to the Israelis rather than fighting them is the possibility that this will achieve his cherished Palestinian state. He'll struggle convince Palestinians that there's any merit in simply agreeing to coexist peacefully under the current distribution of land and power between the two peoples...
...Some professors expressed outrage both at Knowles’ removal of Phelan and of the lack of correspondence that preceded it. Phelan says that the department’s most recent external review was strongly positive and that she received a merit raise just months before she was removed from her position...
...McGrath-Lewis says Harvard admissions officers look closely at the decisions students make between Harvard and schools that offer merit-based...
...merit and his charm that he wrote from deep within his community. There is, or used to be, a kind of Indian writer who used many italics and, for the excitement, had a glossary of perfectly simple local words at the back of his book. Narayan never did that. He explains little or nothing; he takes everything about his people and their little town for granted; there is no distance between the writer and his material. It is what still distinguishes him from most Indian writers. It is a subtle point, this question of the writer's distance; but what...