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...access to a cornucopia of undifferentiated cells that can grow into any one of the 200 or so cell types that make up a human being. That opened the door to remarkable possibilities, including replacement cells for malfunctioning pancreases, injured spinal cords and plaque-clogged brains. It also brought stern warnings. Though the sacrificed embryos were no more than hollow, pinhead-size clusters of a few dozen cells, destroying them for whatever purpose represented, in the mind of many antiabortion conservatives, an assault on a human life...
Whether or not such grand schemes materialize, Peterman has turned the failure of his previous company into a lucrative career move. He has written a book about his rise and fall, Peterman Rides Again (Prentice Hall Press; $25), and lectured M.B.A. students at N.Y.U.'s Stern School of Business, and he continues to speak to business groups and university students. "I tell them that failure is part of the learning process," Peterman says. "If you're afraid to take a risk and make a mistake, you'll never create anything. It was only F. Scott Fitzgerald who said there were...
DIED. MARTIN STERN JR., 84, architect who created the funky, quasi-futuristic Ships coffee shops in Los Angeles that exemplified the so-called Googie style popular in the 1950s and '60s; in Los Angeles. Despite heavy protest from preservationists, one of the three coffee shops was razed in 1984. Stern also played a key role in redefining the Las Vegas skyline; amid the low-slung hotels that pioneered the Strip, he built the 26-story Mint Hotel and the towering MGM Grand...
...Hong Kong, got the name Jet Li and brought a ferocious stateliness to such martial epics as Once Upon a Time in China and Fong Sai Yuk. At 35 he played in his first big U.S. film, Lethal Weapon 4, and showed Mel Gibson how real men fight: with stern grace and fatal feet. His debut as a Hollywood star, in Romeo Must Die, took in $100 million world- wide. He has just signed a deal with Miramax Films worth $10 million a picture. In China, movie stars are called film workers. In America, Jet Li is what they call...
...stern letter from Bob Barker b) 3 years in prison c) A major-league dry-cleaning bill d) A cat for her, so there will be less outrage if he does it again...