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...Hwang?s disgrace shouldn?t be used as an excuse to pour scorn on the idea of therapeutic cloning itself. Ambition and pride are a danger in any high-risk, high-reward area of science, but therapeutic cloning is so promising that it needs to be pursued regardless. The potential medical advantages are enormous: by cloning a patient?s own cells to create stem cells, then coaxing those stem cells to become new pancreatic, brain, spinal cord or heart tissue, for example, it?s conceivable that a victim of Parkinson?s, Alzheimer?s, diabetes, paralysis or heart disease could shore...
...studying English to improve his chances of getting a job with an aid agency, but he isn't optimistic. "I do realize that I have to move on. But moving on is hard when you're not sure what the future is." Alas, heroism is sometimes its only reward...
...makers of this boxed set exercise no restraint, but they do include some fascinating stuff. Skip the well-worn hits, and go right to the song sketches to hear how Charles felt his way toward redefining American pop music. And if you somehow make it to disc eight, the reward is a recording of the legendary moment when record executive Ahmet Ertegun sang a bizarre-- but not at all bad-- version of What'd I Say to convince Charles of the song's potential...
...with 50 percent participation in the program that it would offset 10 percent of their greenhouse-gas emissions for one year by purchasing wind energy. Twenty-one Harvard buildings met this 50-percent requirement, according to an announcement by HGCI. The wind power that Harvard will purchase as a reward will offset 6.5 million pounds of greenhouse gases, equivalent to removing almost 500 cars from the road for a year, according to a press release from the organization. Emig emphasized the indirect benefits of educating a university about conservation—in addition to the immediate impact that...
...competition? Top newspaper dance teams from across the country. The reward? $200 in scholarships and gift certificates. Not to mention satisfaction...