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STEM CELLS With their uncanny ability to morph into any type of cell--from skin to bone and everything in between--stem cells cast a mighty spell on medical researchers who dream of using them to treat a whole range of intractable diseases. But because of religious opposition and fears that embryos--the best source of stem cells--could become a kind of cash crop, U.S. scientists have been largely shut out of this promising field. New nih guidelines, however, have reversed the earlier ban and now allow federally funded researchers to use embryonic stem cells as long as they...
...come by. The California plan boasts a $1.45 billion price tag, though officials there estimate the extra days could translate into a 50% increase in test scores. But while more appears to be better, more of the same-old lessons and techniques may not. So before Saturday cartoons morph into a sixth school day, educators ought to take an elongated look at what transpires during the other five. The bi-coastal calls for change are certainly an auspicious start...
...favor of getting it over rather than getting it correct. This has meant that Lieberman, considered a happy St. Bernard in 12 years in the Senate--"as moral, decent and honorable a man as I've known there," said Senator John McCain last Friday--has seen his image morph overnight into a Rottweiler. Conventional wisdom holds that a position can't be principle if it is also self-serving. As Lieberman waited to go on Larry King Live recently, I asked him how it feels to go from media favorite to just another pol. With his "What, me worry?" smile...
Instead, they concluded that the brain thinks of the patches as discrete, coherent objects, keeping tabs on all their properties together, and using that information to track them as they morph...
...familiar as 42nd Street. It's Lee's usual mix of slapdash dramaturgy and sharp performances; note especially Paul Mooney, cogent and sexy as Pierre's dad, and Thomas Jefferson Byrd as the Mantan show's announcer. It has big third-act problems, when the caricatures are meant to morph into poignant humans. Then everyone pulls guns out. Insanity...