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...That $18 billion in increased military spending? Prime rib. Mmm. Voters love it. "The biggest increase in military spending since Ronald Reagan was commander-in-chief," Bush bragged to a very receptive gathering of the American Legion in San Antonio. "I will not permit any course that leaves America undefended." And you know that includes missile defense, some pay raises and increased health benefits for military folk, and "building the military of the future...
...President Bush hoped that his decision last week to permit limited federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research would quiet the ferocious debate surrounding the issue, it was a hope that was quickly dashed. Since his announcement, advocates on both sides have continued to find plenty to argue about--whether there are really 60 existing cell lines on which the President would allow research; whether those lines would be sufficient to yield real results; whether the restrictive rules will simply drive U.S. stem-cell researchers to other countries where they can do their work with less government interference...
What that "something" was became clear in the past decade as scientists began to see at the molecular level precisely what pushes a normal cell to become malignant. As more and more genetic mutations were linked to various types of cancers, researchers could see patterns of genetic changes that permit cells to grow into tumors. If doctors could identify the steps that a cell has to go through to become cancerous, Sidransky reasoned, they might be able to pick up a budding tumor's malignant imprints along the way--tracking cancer as it develops, from start to finish...
...KENNEDY CLAN is as handsome and spirited as a meadow full of Irish thoroughbreds, as tough as a blackthorn shillelagh, as ruthless as Cuchulain, the mythical hero who cast up the hills of Ireland with his sword. The tribal laws permit extremes of individualism, though most Kennedys look alike when they smile. When they are together, the family foofaraws are noisy and the discussions continuous, but when they are apart, their need for constant communication strains the facilities of the telephone company and the U.S. postal service. No matter where they happen to be, the Kennedys are a cable-stitched...
...Funding with certain conditions: Most agree this is the most attractive path for Bush; researchers would be permitted to continue research on stem cells gathered from "surplus" embryos, those fertility center blastocysts that would be discarded anyway. Funding limitations would not permit the creation of embryos for the sole purpose of harvesting stem cells; Bush would also encourage more extensive research into the usefulness of adult stem cells...