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...lengthy tests in animals, the first human trials are about to begin. Last week two experimental techniques passed a major regulatory hurdle, winning approval from the National Institutes of Health's Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee. The official go-ahead from the director of the NIH, as well as a nod from the Food and Drug Administration, is expected to follow within a few months for at least one of the experiments, clearing the way for human gene treatments as early as this fall. "This is the first step toward what will probably be a medical revolution," said Dr. W. French...
...take comfort from the fact that Bush's pick has the strong backing of White House chief of staff John Sununu, a former Governor of New Hampshire who appointed Souter to the state supreme court in 1983. Says one senior Republican: "There's been a lot of wink-wink, nod-nod among conservatives who think Souter is Sununu's guy and therefore can be trusted...
McCartney's token nod to the public good came with the concert's connection to an environmental group called Friends of the Earth. The group sponsored the tour and received a generous four-page spread in the 100-page program...
Every problem in the first few days became a pattern. Enrico would ask me a question and I'd answer it. Then he'd ask another question that made it obvious he had misunderstood my answer. So I would repeat my answer again, phrased differently, and he would nod his head and then say something like "So we can take the Red Line to the Aquarium?" when I'd told him, no, they couldn...
...concert became an end unto itself, and when it was over, America went home. The hunger movement was never to be heard from again, as reports of poorly managed and squandered relief resources were largely ignored. "We had our fun," America thought, "We gave our token nod to hunger. Bring on the next hot movement...