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...genes into the genome of a mature cell through virus. These four genes produce factors that “reprogram” the mature cell’s genome to a stem-like state. No viable embryo, therefore, is either created or destroyed—which is the main qualm of conservative opponents of the research...
This is a moral qualm that America as a whole has failed to address properly. The government may justify its inaction since our citizens are privately some of the most charitable people in the world, but the government’s consistent failure to meet its agreement to donate 0.7 percent of GDP to foreign aid is despicable...
...Science and Technology, the Study of Society, and Arts and Humanities). The proposal currently on the table centers instead on connecting our books with the tools our generation will need to face its challenges. Both these ideas are justifiably in fervent opposition to vocational training. But I have one qualm: The committee on General Education tends to veer towards anarchy instead of rigor. Yet rigor is precisely what we need. Although freedom is always a popular idea, it is not the best suited in our case. And however brilliant, our latest proposal—the Task Force?...
...bought more shares when a further slab of the company was privatized in the so-called T2 offer. Australians were then still relatively new to direct share ownership, once the preserve of the wealthy. The stock market was buoyant, especially the technology and telecommunication sectors. If there was any qualm about the wider economy ("a miracle economy" after sailing through the Asian financial crisis), it was that Australia's was an "old" economy. Too reliant on commodity exports, many pundits said, Australia was being left behind as the rest of the world took advantage of the information revolution...
...further complaint frequently heard emanating from Harvard’s north-western annex is that of event deprivation. This particular qualm is not without foundation—most things that happen at Harvard happen in the Yard or by the river. But there’s a rather simple explanation: the vast majority of Harvard students happen to live in the Yard or by the river, and it really only makes sense to hold events where most people live. What’s more, when attempts are made to shift certain facets of student life to the Quad, the result...