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...Jersey is mulling a plan to devote $380 million to a research facility and grants. In Wisconsin, where in 1998 James Thomson became the first scientist to cultivate human embryonic stem cells, Governor Jim Doyle wants $375 million for an institute. And Illinois is considering a "nip and tuck" law that would impose a 6% tax on elective medical procedures like plastic surgery to fund a stem-cell center...
...protesters nip after Schwarzenegger because he has proposed four dramatic reforms that may be voted on in a special election next fall if he can't get action in the legislature. The four initiatives would cap spending, make the public employees' pension system less expensive, introduce merit pay for teachers and offer tenure only after 10 years of service, and create an independent panel of judges to draw legislative districts. These are the sort of good-government ideas that political scientists-and wonky columnists-love but that politicians avoid because they arouse fanatic opposition from entrenched interests and inspire massive...
...ourselves what Cambridge property values would be like if Harvard had never existed at all. In fact, we cannot quite picture what Cambridge would look like had Harvard never been—but it would be a grim picture indeed. The politicians and community leaders who so viciously nip at Harvard’s backside would hardly want to live in that alternate reality. But historical speculation only gets at half of Cambridge’s debt to Harvard. The students, tourists, businesses, science, culture and luminaries that Harvard brings to Cambridge benefit Cantabridgians every day. In dollars and cents...
...Normally on that kind of play I’m just trying to get it to the top of the box,” Craig said. “But with the wind, I was able to nip it over them and get it pretty...
...Florida cases under investigation, a combination of surgeries may have proved fatal. James McCormick had decided to go to the Florida Center for Cosmetic Surgery in Fort Lauderdale to nip and tuck his crow's feet. His doctor recommended a brow job as well and offered to throw in a chin implant at a discount. McCormick agreed to all the procedures and was at the facility less than four hours. By the next day, he was dead. Citing patient confidentiality, Dr. Jeffrey Hamm, medical director of the facility, declined to discuss the case...