Word: ordering
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...right, there we go." With those words and a swish of his pen, President Barack Obama reversed one of the most controversial Executive Orders in recent history. In front of the country's leading scientific minds, including Dr. Francis Collins, who helped map the human genome, and Dr. Harold Varmus, former head of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a science adviser to the Administration, Obama fulfilled a campaign promise to lift the ban on federal funding of embryonic-stem-cell research put in place by then President George W. Bush in 2001. Obama's new Executive Order allows...
...While decisive, the order can be reversed by a future President, so Obama urged congressional leaders to seal the intent of his order into law - a process that Congresswoman Diana DeGette of Colorado has already begun. DeGette co-authored two previous bills expanding taxpayer support of embryonic-stem-cell research, both of which Bush vetoed...
...little too late. Clemente rose to the occasion and secured his first collegiate shutout.“I think energy and effort were not playoff-like, and I don’t believe we played with the sense of commitment and desperation that you need to in order to find success this time of year,” Donato said. “I thought Brown did what they needed to do.”“I think that’s a good team,” McCafferty added. “Their record might...
...Orton wrote, “I’m not in favour of private grief. Show your emotions in public or not at all.” The extent to which modern attitudes mimic those in Orton’s farcical play are undoubtedly a cause for concern. In order to preserve the sanctity of private lives, the invasive presence of the public sphere must be diminished. This year, the Roman Catholic Church recommended renouncing networking websites for Lent. Perhaps resisting temptation will be beneficial for us all. Olivia M. Goldhill ’11, a Crimson editorial writer...
...evolving strengths of different strains of Islam in South Asia provide an important context for Qasab's tale. In 2007 the Rand Corp. suggested that such groups as Pakistan's Sufi-influenced Barelvi sect - which does not have a jihadist bent - be encouraged in order to combat extremism. But since the anti-Soviet war, Wahhabi groups, drawing their influence from Saudi Arabia's austere brand of Islam - together with the Wahhabis' South Asian counterparts, the Deobandis - have gained ground in Pakistan. Soheil decries the Wahhabi focus on jihad. "Here we teach peace and love...