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...abortions. This is an incorrect statistic; D&X procedures account for only 0.17 percent of all abortions. Such procedures are not performed on healthy women whose fetuses would be able to survive indefinitely outside the mother, as Ms. Itoh claims. They are generally only done if there are serious mental or physical health problems related to the pregnancy, such as the fetus suffering from a condition that would render it unable to live outside the womb. And although the gestational age at which a fetus is able to survive outside the womb is considered to be 23-26 weeks, infants...
...send Americans back to the moon and onto Mars. Thrilling as it was to have astronauts back in the deep-space game, the money would have to come from somewhere, and pan drippings left over from the shuttle and ISS would not do it. But Bush at first seemed serious, promising to complete the station by 2010, mothball the shuttles after that and redirect the saved resources to the new manned initiatives, all without sacrificing such scientifically priceless-and fiscally prudent-programs as new space telescopes and the growing fleet of interplanetary probes flown mostly by the NASA-affiliated...
...attack bigotry when it rears its head in our community. We might think that we are showing respect to the Harvard community by pulling our punches when fellow students cross the line, but, in reality, we are showing a profound disrespect to a broader community that still faces serious injustice and brutal discrimination...
...alone, according to Connor: “[University Professor] Helen Vendler has said that our students watch [recent Hollywood film] ‘Troy’ and don’t read ‘The Iliad.’ And she is someone whose opinion I take very seriously.”Vendler, who is currently on leave for the academic year, could not be reached for comment.Teskey’s worries stem in large part from the limited time an undergraduate has to receive an education.“It’s always important to remember...
Listening to “My Humps” in particular, but also much of the rest of the album, it’s surprising to recall that the Black Eyed Peas used to be a serious group. Somewhere along the line, they got Fergie, got retarded, and got paid. It’s tempting to bemoan this slide into silliness, but when the results are so entertaining, it’s more fun to think less and dance more...