Word: stemming
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Even sober liberals express anxiety about the impact the perceived political clout of religious conservatives will have on American society. Will abortion be outlawed? Will stem-cell research be derailed? Will Queer Eye for the Straight Guy get canceled...
...least not until the ratings tank). With all due respect to conservatives' electoral achievements, the cultural changes that helped drive them to the polls this year--most notably stem-cell research and gay marriage--are still barreling down the pike like souped-up Hummers. Stem-cell science will progress with or without Washington's support. (Indeed, thanks to Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, California will be raising $3 billion to advance the cause.) And once the science reaches a certain point, most legislators will undergo a conversion. It's one thing to oppose research that still looks like a barely conceivable...
Panelists described the lighter moments of the campaigns as well as the difficult decisions before answering questions from the audience. The discussion, moderated by IOP Director Phil R. Sharp, covered topics as diverse as stem cell research and the emergence of disagreements between candidates and campaign managers...
Then-Big Green guard Angie Soriaga hit a desperation 30-footer as the buzzer sounded to bring about the extra frame, where the Crimson was unable to stem the Dartmouth push and fell...
...have this straight. it's O.K. to lie about the reasons for invading another country but not O.K. for two men or two women to marry. It's O.K. to hand our children a budget deficit that will choke them but not O.K. to use stem cells to fight disease. It's O.K. to duck the real war on terrorism, jeopardize Social Security and take a pass on fixing the health-care system but not O.K. to believe in the separation of church and state. Would those be the famous "moral values"? Thanks, but no. You keep yours...