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...grant to purchase high-technology imaging equipment that will be instrumental to cancer research, the hospital announced Wednesday. The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) was one of 14 institutions to receive the High-End Instrumentation (HEI) grant, with which the hospital will install a multimodality pre-clinical imaging platform. The device—which will be used by the hospital’s Longwood Small Animal Imaging Facility (SAIF)—can perform three different types of X-ray imaging of plane sections of the body. “Imaging is very important because it allows research without...
...We’re moving into a different concept of the campaign,” said Ned Hinkle, creative director of the Brattle Theatre. “We felt like we needed a platform to build...
...same point: his opponent is corrupt, so voters need to dump him and pick someone with a higher sense of ethics. Increased funding for stem cell research, a ban on offshore oil drilling in Alaska and outlawing gifts from lobbyists to lawmakers are major planks in his campaign platform. He's also been sharply critical of the Bush Administration handling of the war in Iraq, and is pro-choice and liberal on environmental issues. Now, in the wake of the Mark Foley scandal, he's called on House Speaker Dennis Hastert to step down. Though current polls show close...
...That's the campaign platform of - and challenge faced by - many Democrats around the country. But this challenger is Republican Tom Kean, Jr, the state senator and son of former New Jersey governor and 9/11 Commission Chairman Tom Kean, who is running for the Senate in New Jersey. His contest against Democrat Robert Menendez, who was appointed to this seat earlier this year after Jon Corzine left the Senate to become governor, has become one of the most competitive and crucial Senate races in the country - and at times one its ugliest...
...only truly outlandish part of their platform is a call for “universal citizen service” in the style of a state like Israel, in which all 18-year-olds would be required to perform a few months of community service and learn some “disaster preparedness” skills. Seems like a good idea, but good luck convincing the public that it’s not a draft...