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...fabrication of the religious right or merely an excuse for an anti-science administration to deny funding. They are the same concerns that have been brought up in Europe, where governments have been far more permissive of embryonic stem cell research. Scientists in European countries typically must obtain a license to create a new embryonic line. Even in Britain, where the government has been not only permissive but actively supportive of embryonic research, there is widespread recognition that embryos should not be freely destroyed. The British government, like many others, has also imposed a rule that embryos can only...
...When she became GSAS dean in fall 2005, Skocpol outlined her priorities as increasing Faculty involvement in the governance of the graduate school, boosting funding available to the graduate school, improving graduate student teacher training, shortening the length of time to obtain degrees, and evaluating faculty advising to graduate students. By and large, she accomplished all of those goals...
Some students say that the process of how to obtain a mixed-gender living situation was unclear, though the College will work to remedy that next year...
...root cause of the weekend conflagration goes back two months, when Musharraf suspended Chaudhry and asked the Supreme Judicial Council, which consists of senior judges, to inquire into whether the Chief Justice had misused his office to get his son into the police force and to obtain other benefits-allegations Chaudhry denies. The Chief Justice has a reputation for incorruptibility and for defending the rights of the weak. But Chaudhry has also crossed the government repeatedly. He blocked the sale of state-owned Pakistan Steel Mills, citing irregularities in the privatization process. He launched embarrassing investigations into missing persons detained...
...Damascus airport," says a senior U.S. official. Syrian officials counter that the U.S. can't close its own borders with Mexico and Canada. But Rice and her team pointed out that the Syrian government is one of the few that doesn't demand that visitors from other Arab nations obtain visas to enter their territory. Moreover, says a U.S. official, "We're not asking them to do us any favors. We believe they understand that being a transit point for violent extremists going to Iraq is dangerous for them." (The strongest internal challenge to the Syrian regime remains that...