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...authored by Delaware Republican Mike Castle and Colorado Democrat Diana DeGette. And the number of supporters is expected to grow when it is put to a vote. Predictions are that as many as 50 Republicans could join Democrats in favor of it. While the legislation presents Republican moderates a rare opportunity for victory on Capitol Hill, it has also attracted the interest and support of some conservatives who say they discern a growing pro- life case for what embryonic-stem-cell research has to offer...
...Temple's library. Eddie's the cherry on top of the Layer Cake, a master criminal with interests in legitimate real estate. Played with casually silky menace by Michael Gambon, he has developed a taste for opera (The Damnation of Faust naturally comes up in his conversations) and for rare books. We don't know that he reads them, but, by golly, he has them--housed in a burnished, glowingly lighted library. You can practically feel the sweat of desire forming on our antihero's lip when he penetrates this lair...
Capp had run alongside UC President Matthew J. Glazer ’06, but was narrowly defeated in a rare split-ticket vote...
...Some of the most challenging parents come from the ranks of those whose child is brilliant - or who think their child is brilliant. Even moderate giftedness is quite rare. In an average classroom, there might be three children with an IQ over 130; they'll learn more quickly than their peers and need less repetition. (Profoundly gifted children - those with an IQ over 180 - are a 1 in 500,000 to 1 in a million phenomenon.) Yet teachers joke that parents have their own definition of giftedness: 2% of the population - plus their own child...
True, placing a certified black belt in each car isnt a bad solution, and cell reception for mugging victims is probably a more feasible solution. However, if cell phones can be used in the T, people will use the rare time previously invested in doing nothing to carry on long and loud conversations about, well, nothing. Bramson predicts that the new cellular presence will make people more angry and more likely to start fights. Everyone will be more distracted and irritated, said Bramson. Looking forward to more subway saves, he said, I better get my game face...