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...previously unknown love child--and, being a hip novelist, is tempted both by self-destruction and by indeterminate narrative. These traits are shared by Spanish writer-director Julio Medem, and you can read his movie tragically or happily. But these people are fools for heedless love and, perhaps, needless complication, and you can't help responding to the heat of their passion...
...York at Stony Brook, led a team that built a copy of the polio virus by assembling more than 7,000 base pairs of DNA to match a published record of the virus's genetic code. Some scientists say the research, while an impressive technical feat, creates needless fears in a population already skittish about anthrax and smallpox. "Why did [Wimmer] pick a human disease which conjures up terrifying images?" asks Stanford University biowarfare expert Steven Block, who points out that scientists have long known that DNA can be strung together in a lab. "It's being done more...
...person's credit was shot. "These are often targeted to people who are having money troubles," says Grant. She explains that if you reply, Jimmy is likely to ask you for money--"an application fee or a processing fee, or whatever. It's usually hundreds of dollars." Needless to say, once Jimmy has your cash, his motivation to follow through will disappear...
...promised myself that I would never produce such a piece, needless to say. True, these may be the final words that I write at Harvard (give or take an exam booklet), but I refuse to succumb to sentiment. There will be no leisurely strolls down memory lane, no wistful reminiscing about Our Vanished Youth, and certainly no tedious shout-outs to roommates, friends and sundry others. This will doubtless come as disappointing surprise to the merry band in Quincy 616 and 613 (sorry, Alex and Tuttle and Praveen and Brian and Andy and Josh and Allen) and perhaps to others...
...beyond Ashcroft’s hard-line policy. The vague wording of the Second Amendment leaves open the possibility that a future Supreme Court will reinterpret the Constitution the way Ashcroft does. The amendment has the potential to obstruct future federal gun control legislation that could prevent thousands of needless deaths. Therefore, the American people and the individual states should vocally push for the repeal of the Second Amendment...