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Humans have been overhauling some species’ genetic compositions—far more substantially than the dinky addition of a gene or two—since the beginning of civilization. Every year, farmers select the most bountiful individual plants and animals and breed their offspring to produce the next generation. Modern grain and livestock species look nothing like their ancestors from 10,000 years...

Author: By Matthew S. Meisel | Title: Shooting The Magic Bullet | 3/22/2007 | See Source »

...Lieberman's G.O.P. Tryst "What Joe Wants" [March 5] discussed Senator Joe Lieberman's cross-aisle flirtation and his seeming preference for John McCain in 2008-in the hope that McCain would select Joe as his vice-presidential running mate. Although a Lieberman crossover would turn control of the Senate back to the Republicans, a 2008 gain in the Senate by the Dems would force him out of the limelight he so assiduously craves. The reality is that most people see through his machinations. He might consider a crash course in chess before it's checkmate for his political influence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...Under the current system, families select their top three choices from among the district’s 12 primary schools. The applicants are divided into two categories: those who are eligible for the federal free lunch program and those...

Author: By Jamison A. Hill, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: City Schools Adjust to Affluent Influx | 3/15/2007 | See Source »

...rule, Harvard students have a vague understanding of the mysterious project that is Allston. Many see it as an expensive pipe dream that pits the Harvard administration against angry Allston residents, Veritas signs against pitchforks. But for a select few environmentally minded students and faculty, the Allston plan is something more than a debate over Harvard imperialism: it is an opportunity for Harvard to establish itself as the leader in sustainability...

Author: By Jessica L. Fleischer, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Building a Green Future | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

...electoral votes is only 18 times Wyoming’s three, meaning that a vote in Wyoming potentially has four times the impact of a vote in California. Shouldn’t every state be a “battleground” state, as opposed to the select 13 featured in the 2004 election? Shouldn’t voters in Kansas have as much influence in the election as voters in Texas...

Author: By Nicholas J. Melvoin | Title: Failing College | 3/14/2007 | See Source »

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