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After returning from their spring break adventures, many undergraduates expect the remaining weeks of this semester to prolong thefun and excitement experienced over the break. Unfortunately, that excitement might be lulled. Student sponsored social events, like House formals—that will provide social outlets for students in the weeks between break and finals—have in the past used locations from courtyards to nightclubs. But the College may start enforcing a policy that would place major restrictions on student groups seeking to use Boston’s nightclubs for their events...
...Porton Down are also applying Coley's CpG to improve the anthrax vaccine currently used to innoculate U.S. troops. That drug requires six doses and 18 months to produce immunity. But Coley's CpG, used together with vaccines, could reduce the number of doses, induce immunity more quickly and prolong protection. The Pasteur Institute is working on its own approach to improving anthrax vaccines. The new French treatment could provide better protection because in addition to neutralizing toxins, it can stop bacteria from multiplying at the early stages of disease, according to Michèle Mock, team leader...
...Beyond cloning, Raelians are deeply interested in finding the technology to prolong life, which they believe will happen by transferring the contents of the brain into another brain with a new body, according to Marsic. "This is science fiction for now," he admits. But if it ever became a reality, human beings could live longer, perhaps eternally...
...said postponing the school closure issue would only prolong a process she called “extremely damaging to parents...
...that the unemployment rate had risen to 6%, up from 5.7% the previous month. With the next presidential election less than two years away, "we recognize that we can no longer blame this on our predecessor," says a senior White House adviser. Nor can the Administration afford to prolong domestic turmoil as it seeks to rally public support for a possible war with Iraq. If Bush's attention is going to remain overseas, it becomes even more important that his domestic house be in order. "The President wants to be able to offer a plan in the State...