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...Richard Paulson, director of the fertility program at the University of Southern California, helped write the original professional recommendations regarding embryo transfer. Although he decries the birth of triplets, he's irritated at calls to legislate assisted reproduction. Doctors aren't the problem, he contends; laws are. Some European countries limit the number of embryos transferred, but that doesn't allow for physicians to take into account individual medical histories; generally, the older the patient, the less likely embryos will implant...
...it’s not that the movies fail to penetrate the surface—it’s that they don’t even capture it. And so it has fallen to talented British producers to make movies that actually bring India to life, as the estimable Richard Attenborough did in 1982 when he made Gandhi...
...reversed the excommunication of the four bishops of the breakaway Lefebvrite movement, including a vocal Holocaust denier. Developments over just two days include: an Italian priest of the same arch-traditionalist group added his own doubts about Nazi gas chambers to those expressed last week by British-born Bishop Richard Williamson; another cleric from the splinter faction publicly criticized the Pope and condemned his 2006 visit to Istanbul's Blue Mosque; Israel's chief Rabbinic council said inter-faith talks with the Vatican should be put on hold, while others have questioned whether a slated papal Holy Land trip...
...that such spending has been worthwhile despite its high costs. “He had a strong voice in developing President Obama’s health policy ideas, so I am expecting [the policy he implements] will continue down the general lines President Obama outlined,” said Richard G. Frank, a professor of health care policy at Harvard. Asked about transitioning from academia to a government position, Cutler noted that his academic work is applicable to the real world. “Health care policy as a field is one where academics are integrated into policy debates much...
...professorship in the history of the Law School—comes at a time when educational institutions around the country are slashing budgets due to shrinking endowments. “This is a huge gift even for an institution like Harvard Law School,” Law School Professor Richard H. Fallon said. Although some major donations include both pledged and secured amounts and can take years to finalize, this gift has been completely secured, Oliveira said. He added that the donation was unaffected by current economic conditions and will be divided between funding the professorship and related activities, though...