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...When you’re down, you have to maintain confidence,” said junior varsity stroke Dan Reid, “or else that’s just not good racing...

Author: By Aidan E. Tait, | Title: RIGHT ON TARGET: Lights Look To End Eight-Year Drought | 5/12/2005 | See Source »

...Another stroke of luck: the hospital had just received a fresh supply of blood, which was vital for Salah, who had lost so much that he needed a transfusion. By the time the rest of the TIME Baghdad staff was alerted and arrived at the hospital, the ER workers had done what they do best: stopped the blood loss and patched up the wounds. The ancient X-ray machine revealed that Abu Karam and Salah had many pieces of shrapnel lodged in their bodies, but there were no serious internal wounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Day in the Life Of a Baghdad ER | 5/9/2005 | See Source »

...repair or completely regenerate damaged tissue and organs. They could be used to better test potential medications. And perhaps most exciting of all, embryonic stem cells may also hold the key to better treatments or even cures for Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, Alzheimer’s disease, stroke, osteoarthritis, and heart disease. Scientists have only begun to understand the promise of stem cells. Massachusetts is taking the right step in backing these efforts wholeheartedly...

Author: By The Crimson Staff, | Title: Closer to a Cure | 5/3/2005 | See Source »

During the current debate over the filibuster, the Republicans are employing similar large stroke tactics to paint the opposition into the corner and strong arm their agenda through. To fill openings in the federal courts, the President has appointed a number of ideo-conservative nominees, most of whom are committed to overturning Roe v. Wade and to other conservative objectives. Congressional Democrats, as the minority party, plan to use their right to filibuster—prolonging debate indefinitely to block the nominations—a right that has been enjoyed for more than a hundred years. Republicans are threatening...

Author: By Matthew A. Busch, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The New Perversion | 5/3/2005 | See Source »

...pleased with how the eight raced,” junior stroke Sarah Bates said. “I think we had an aggressive race, but it just wasn’t enough to match Princeton’s speed...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: W. Heavyweight Crew Heavies Easily Breezes By BU, MIT | 5/2/2005 | See Source »

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