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...version of a phrase some blacks use among themselves when someone is peddling nonsense. The last thing this country needs is a debate about cleaning up the N word and making it respectable. Apart from its crassly commercial title, Kennedy's book is a dry, legalistic account of the myriad ways in which the word has been used since it first appeared in the brutal vocabulary of 18th century slave owners. Given the powerful emotions the term has always stirred, his 226-page account is surprisingly dull...
When Charles Bishop flew a single-engine Cessna into a 42-story skyscraper on Saturday afternoon, he sparked myriad questions. When investigators found a note expressing sympathy for Osama bin Laden and the September 11th terror attacks, questions turned to demands. How could this have happened...
President Bush seemed to have divided the stem-cell issue neatly last August. Stem cells, extracted from early-stage embryos, can develop into any of the body's cells and show great promise against myriad diseases. But some think this research, which kills the embryos in the process, is immoral. Bush decided to allow federal money for research on the 64 lines of stem cells that had already been developed but cut off funding for any new lines...
Other computer and telecom giants are also playing. Marconi, based in London, has pitched in to help Oxford GlycoSciences map all human proteins, while Hitachi and Oracle are doing the same with Utah's Myriad Genetics...
...been nearly three months since the first deadly case of anthrax surfaced in Florida. And while much of the attendant hysteria has dissipated, myriad questions have not. Where did the spores come from? Who sent them? Are there more contaminated letters still in circulation? While little is known for sure, the ongoing investigation has yielded some clues as to the bacteria's origin. Meanwhile, health officials are offering some workers a new way to keep anthrax - and, they hope, fear...