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Where do the new New Yorkers come from? Everywhere. Large numbers of immigrants now arrive not just from such traditional countries of origin as Russia, Ireland and the Dominican Republic but also from Nigeria, Bangladesh and Egypt. To be Hispanic in New York once meant you were Puerto Rican. Not now. In 1990 there were only 62,000 Mexicans in the city; by 2000 there were an estimated...
SCOTLAND Cloning and Health As scientists in Virginia proudly showed off five cloned piglets, genetically modified to have organs compatible for human transplant, the world's first cloned mammal was found to have arthritis, possibly as a result of her unique origin. Dolly the sheep, who was cloned at the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute from a cell taken from an adult animal, has developed the disease several years earlier than is normal for a sheep. Roslin scientist Ian Wilmut called for systematic reviews of the health of cloned animals. Profile: But She's So Young AUSTRALIA Black Christmas...
Their message, in the wake of the recently resolved conflict between Summers and Fletcher University Professor Cornel R. West ’74, is relatively clear. Their origin, however, remains a mystery...
...provost was quite responsive to the issues raised at the meeting, [such as] the importance of immigration and globalization...and the explosive growth of the Latin American-origin population,” said Gutman Professor of Latin American Affairs John H. Coatsworth...
...major cultural, social and demographic trends of our time is the explosion of the Latin American origin population in the U.S.,” Coatsworth said, citing Census 2000 data. “By 2050, one quarter of the population will be of Latin American origin...