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...orphanage. It was in dire straights 10 years ago, according to missionaries who worked there at the time. Adoptions were rare. The only sure way out of the institution was death, which came quickly from scant food, unsanitary bedding and lack of care. Workers received no training or oversight, nor adequate funds. When embarrassing reports of abuses in a Shanghai orphanage surfaced five years ago, Kunming officials came close to barring Christian workers from the building. Through the years, however, they have managed to stay. "The cooperation of orphanage workers and government officials allowed the foreigners to provide training...
...main source of embryonic stem cells is "leftover" embryos from IVF clinics; cloning embryos could provide an almost unlimited source. Progress could come even faster if Congress were to lift the restrictions on federal funding--which might have the added safety benefit of the federal oversight that comes with federal dollars. "We're concerned about George W.'s position and whether he'll let existing guidelines stay in place," says West. "People are begging to work on those cells...
Another point of contention is the persistent chorus of "Anything the Core can do, departments can do better." We disagree. By virtue of the Core program's oversight, Core courses are reviewed for consistency in grading policies and student workload. Students benefit from Core resources that may not be available to them through departments. Most important, Core classes provide students with an introduction to an approach to knowledge in a format uncharacteristic of standard departmental introductory courses. Surely The Crimson does not wish to propose a program whereby a student would wander from survey course to survey course in hopes...
...Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, asked whether Clinton even had time to sign all of the paperwork required to seal Rich's pardon before he left office - raising the possibility that the pardon may not be valid. Specter has also floated the idea of a constitutional amendment giving congressional oversight to presidential pardons...
...controlled except by getting up and walking over to the box. This can get frustrating with games where screwing up means having to start the whole session over, and also makes it easier to forget to turn the unit off. There is no auto-turnoff function - a real oversight...