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Scientists, for their part, were singing a different tune. "It's a tremendous advance," says Paul Berg, a Nobel laureate from Stanford University and a major backer of California's independent stem-cell initiative. "The Koreans' work is incredibly impressive," says Stephen Minger, director of the stem-cell biology laboratory at King's College, London. "It is fantastic--a major, major breakthrough...
...eligible voters each year. The festival bosses choose nine or 10 distinguished members of the film and literary community to serve. This year's Jury comprises directors Emir Kusturica (President), Fatih Akin, Benoit Jacquot, Agnes Varda and John Woo; actresses Nandita Das and Salma Hayek; actor Javier Bardem; and Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison...
...African Heroine I read with interest the TIME 100 list of influential people [April 18]. Thank you for including Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan Member of Parliament who won the Nobel Peace Prize for founding the environmentalist Green Belt Movement in her country. As your story noted, it isn't easy being green in the developing world. The showcasing of Maathai along with several other achievers from Africa will continue to inform the world that even though the political and economic steps of development are still being choreographed, Africa has the intellectual ability to promote the peaceful and economic fortunes...
Winner of the John Bates Clark Medal of the American Economic Association in 1977—which, along with the Nobel Prize, is considered the most prestigious award in economics—he is most famous for his research on taxes and government spending and the way in which policy influences consumer behavior. His name frequently appears on the op-ed pages of major publications, and many say he is a driving force in persuading the public to back President Bush’s tax cuts...
...lecture has been cancelled twice in the past two years. Nobel laureate John M. Coetzee, originally the speaker for last spring, cancelled due to personal reasons. Two years ago, the department withdrew an invitation to Tom Paulin after the poet’s alleged anti-Israel comments provoked controversy on campus...