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...Wrinn, a spokesperson for the University, said Harvard’s commitment to its Stem Cell Institute would be large but that administrators had yet to settle on a dollar figure. And materials hyping the institute were largely mum on financing, which will require private donations in order to sidestep federal regulations on embryonic stem cell research...
...This work is controversial, and we don’t plan to sidestep that controversy,” Melton said...
Many Republicans had been hoping all the same that Bush would sidestep the controversy and allow states to settle the issue in their different ways under the protective umbrella of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the 1996 federal law that says no state is obliged to recognize same-sex marriages performed by another state. Some conservatives fear that the Supreme Court--or at least some future, more liberal configuration of the court--might overturn that law, especially in light of the challenges that are certain to arise once gays who have wed legally in Massachusetts seek to have other...
...Comcast wins ESPN, Burke and CEO Brian Roberts can not only sidestep the haggling over ESPN's high prices but also provide its cable brethren the more favorable rates that Comcast is seeking. "We might take a softer approach," says a Comcast official. Then again, they might not. Says S.P. Kothari, a merger expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: "Comcast shareholders will not let the company give up this power. They will say, 'What the heck, are we running a charity shop?'" Plus, ESPN may need to maximize revenues to keep pace with its escalating cost of rights fees...
Manhunt is an exceptionally violent game--garrote a villain with a sharp wire, and a finely rendered mist of blood sprays from his severed carotid. Interestingly, the game's premise feels like an attempt to help you sidestep any twinges of conscience you may feel at your own sadism--hey, it's that sick director guy who's making you do this! Not that this is any excuse, but if you can make your peace with the carnage, the game play is a bracing change from the usual button-mashing slugfests: Manhunt's thrills aren't in the action; they...