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...Hwang's dedication to humans is something of a mid-career switch. A trained veterinarian, Hwang teamed up with gynecologist Dr. Moon Shin Yong, a gynecologist and leading fertility expert, after Dolly the sheep was cloned in Scotland in 1996. Part of the work was aimed at creating better livestock: in 1999 they cloned a high-yielding dairy cow in Korea, and last December they announced the successful cloning of a cow resistant to mad-cow disease. But they were also looking at how cloning could benefit humans. Their team has cloned miniature pigs whose organs could potentially be used...
Jealous, angry and more than a little interested in what one of these muses looks like, I canceled an important mid-workday Foosball game and met Amanda Brooks, the muse of Tuleh, at Cafe Lebowitz. She looked the part--like a Klimt painting, tall and thin with wavy golden hair and a Tuleh blouse speckled with drips of gold--and even trumped my corporate Amex with a magical tab that Tuleh employees never have to pay, thanks to a barter deal. Not only do muses not pay for food, but the breakfast was better than it was the last time...
...state-dominated media dismissed Rybkin's story. He had suffered a nervous breakdown or had simply been drinking in Kiev, they suggested. Others claimed he was being used by Boris Berezovsky, the London-based billionaire and bitter enemy of Putin who has been Rybkin's patron since the mid-'90s. "Rybkin is not just finished as a politician," said analyst Andronik Migranyan. "He is simply not a very bright man." Strategist Gleb Pavlovsky predicted he would garner a "big fat zero" in the elections. Others, however, thought Rybkin's story plausible. Russian and Western observers with knowledge...
...said, “it’s more about focusing on the game itself.” That’s understandable. This is, after all, the ECAC in mid-February and the horse race that will take place over the next few weeks will make the Belmont Stakes look like a Sunday afternoon canter...
...female population. But when they watch Florida State football games on T.V., cameras focus on cute, frosted-blond cheerleaders…because of varying degrees of concern with fitness and physical appearance, schools are probably out there with better-looking female populations.” Another student from the mid-90s explained, “The whole atmosphere is very competitive here. What with the huge workloads, there isn’t a lot of time left for ‘extra-curricular’ activities.” While our student body might demonstrate activism and determination...