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...more useful than the already common practice of freezing sperm itself; sperm lasts only so long, but a sperm factory can, in theory, go on forever. That could be enormously comforting to men about to undergo, say, radiation treatment or chemotherapy, which can destroy stem cells and render patients permanently infertile. These men could sidestep the problem by having their stem cells removed, frozen and reimplanted after treatment...
...Russians liken to a modern-day czar has for the past two years been a virtual Kremlin recluse. And his inner circle of aides, forever jockeying for position, seem to have concluded long ago that bearing bad news to their boss is the least career-enhancing service they can render. Given his insularity, the President's wide-eyed wonder at the pounding he took in Yaroslavl was not surprising. "The complaints here," a dejected Yeltsin told a local television interviewer, "they're everywhere. These weren't just single cases. The people complained en masse...
...future, then the future can be glimpsed in Norfolk, Virginia. Norfolk won federal court approval of a return to neighborhood schools back in 1986, for the stated purpose of increasing parental involvement and arresting white flight. Black parents had sued to block the new plan because it would immediately render 10 elementary schools, many of them serving housing projects, 100% black. Sociologist David Armor, retained as an expert witness by the school board, predicted that if Norfolk's crosstown busing continued, the whole school system would soon become 75% black, making racial balance impossible. "Civil rights groups have always discounted...
...Olver--was now my representative. In spite of the hopeful fact that a new party was also on the brink of winning the presidency for the first time since I was almost too small to remember, Weld's move shook me. It was that easy for the governor to render months, even years, of grassroots organizing in Northampton--Olver's stronghold and home base--completely useless at the following election. While Weld's move didn't ultimately work (John Olver is currently US Representative in the 2nd congressional district), my faith in politics was damaged forever...
...last eight or nine years, the Bok Center has published a pamphlet geared toward TFs and faculty that addresses "how to render the classroom more open to all women," says Lee A. Warren, the center's associate director...