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...sarcasm is a delicate species of communication, but can it be a useful one? For answers, we can look in these very pages. On Dec. 13, Fletcher University Professor Cornel West ’74 was quoted, in response to questions about the Af-Am 10 take-home exam mix-up and the possible intervention of University President Lawrence H. Summers: “I have nothing to say about Brother Summers—I just wish him well...
What the Duke researchers showed is that one gene, called IGF2R, which helps brake growth, is normally imprinted in sheep, cows and mice but not in humans. Human clones would always inherit nonimprinted IGF2R genes, so there would be no chance of a mix-up and, at least in this respect, their growth would be normal. But what of the other 49 or so imprinted genes? No one knows what trouble they might cause. So the fact that humans have one less imprinted gene than mice, sheep or cows means that human cloning might be marginally easier, but not necessarily...
...mix-up resulted briefly in long lines and some confusion, McDonough said...
...worried about the approaching deadline, Quinn went straight to the top, sending a letter to Clinton that read, "I believe in this cause with all my heart." Five days later, he forwarded a copy of that missive to Holder, requesting his support. Curiously, because of an address mix-up, Holder didn't receive it until Jan. 17. By then, as Justice raced to draft a letter expressing its disapproval of the pardon, it was too late. "The whole thing is, you might say, Clintonesque," says a Justice Department lawyer...
...Genetically Modified Foods Millions of bushels of genetically modified corn, approved for animal feed but not for human consumption, turned up in Taco Bell taco shells and other food products. Though most of the food was recalled before it was eaten, the high-tech mix-up increased public skepticism about so-called Frankenfoods. In the meantime, public-health experts still have high hopes for golden rice, a strain that's genetically enriched with a precursor of vitamin A and that could help prevent blindness in hundreds of thousands of children in impoverished countries each year...