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...immune systems? Add another notch to the test tube: scientists at VaxDesign, a five-year-old biotechnology company based in Orlando, Florida, have created a simulated human immune system, called the Modular Immune In Vitro Construct (MIMIC for short). The dime-sized immune system can predict how humans will respond to new vaccines. The goal? To streamline vaccine research and hasten the eradication of global killers, such as AIDS...
...training program, run by British consulting firm GroundTruth, was part of an effort by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) to prepare its U.S.-based Rapid Deployment Team to respond to future natural and manmade disasters in the hemisphere. The British government decided to ramp up this type of training after taking a beating in the press for its perceived clumsy handling of the 2002 terrorist bombings in Bali...
Moscow's response was far less generous. For the second time since coming to power, Andropov chose to respond personally to a U.S. initiative through an interview with Pravda. He began by conceding that part of what Reagan said was correct: "True, the Soviet Union did strengthen its defense capability. Faced with feverish U.S. efforts to establish military bases near Soviet territory, to develop ever new types of nuclear and other weapons, the U.S.S.R. was compelled to do so." But then he struck back, saying of his American counterpart: "He tells a deliberate lie asserting that the Soviet Union does...
...unrest in Tibet - as well as the threat it poses to the Communist Party - doesn't compare to the massive political demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, which were brutally put down by the Chinese military. But the issue, at bottom, is the same: How to respond...
...made on a more frequent basis, and section leaders could alter the tone of discussion during meetings by simply reading anonymous reports from students. Much like the present Q system, students could submit their feedback online, and the Q Guide could even be expanded to show which professors respond well to student feedback. While we certainly understand the criticisms of those who fear that this change would simply add to the already cumbersome bureaucracy at University Hall, we firmly assert that this new program would have a beneficial impact on the College as a whole. Enforcing midterm evaluations and grading...