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Stereotypes Spur Hate...
...Henry V's monologue before the Battle of Agincourt, echoed Poon's reflections on the dated nature of the prize. "It feels sort of like a fossil from a different age in a time where people took it much more seriously. Everyone [today] was competing on sort of the spur of the moment...
...instance, are carried far and wide. The continuing flap over Bt corn and cotton?the gene of a common soil bacteria (Bacillus thuringiensis), a natural insecticide, is transferred to the plants?has provided more fodder for the debate. Ecologists are concerned that widespread planting of these crops will spur Bt resistance among crop pests, and Bt is popular with organic farmers...
...financial-aid packages it offers to undergraduates, its competitors fell silent. Why? Princeton's new aid plan will cost the university at least an extra $5 million a year. Princeton can afford that cost, thanks to investment returns on its $8 billion endowment. And its move is sure to spur more criticism of other Ivys that have even larger endowments (Harvard: $19 billion; Yale: $10 billion) but have been reluctant to use them for more student...
...Tuesday, Bush will have a full-coverage visit to a Washington-area small business, to argue again that tax cuts can spur economic growth...