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...this nightmarish scenario suggests, we are relieved that the Supreme Court in fact ruled in favor of Washington state last Thursday, denying that the state should have to fund theology majors at religious colleges. The Court has avoided the slippery slope for now. Thankfully, the seven justices in the majority maintained religious choice for all students...
Harvard’s pitch to donors paints a best-of-both-worlds scenario...
...Chances of realizing that "best-case" scenario appear increasingly remote. The Iraqis themselves are in a hurry to elect their own government, and the Bush administration is determined to hand off political authority in Baghdad. The interim thus created suggests both a greater role for the UN, and that the major political force driving Iraq's transition will be Iraqis not closely allied with Washington. Despite its heavy investment of life and treasure in regime-change in Iraq, the Bush administration may soon be approaching an "If you love something, let it go" moment...
What they have discovered is a complex interplay between inflammation, insulin and fat - either in the diet or in large folds under the skin. (Indeed, fat cells behave a lot like immune cells, spewing out inflammatory cytokines, particularly as you gain weight.) Where inflammation fits into this scenario - as either a cause or an effect - remains unclear. But the case for a central role is getting stronger. Dr. Steve Shoelson, a senior investigator at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, has bred a strain of mice whose fat cells are supercharged inflammation factories. The mice become less efficient at using...
...same scenario of "too much, too soon" applies to a range of commodities. At Anyang Iron & Steel, one of China's biggest steel producers, the company's vice chairman, Wu Changxun, points to a tremendous dirt expanse outside the factory. Workers are erecting a new foundry there that will more than double the plant's output capacity. It is slated to provide part of the 50 million tons in increased capacity expected nationwide by 2005. "Banks are offering us loans even without our asking," says Wu. That money will have to be repaid. Letting extra capacity sit idle...