Word: thompson
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...year-old woman into an egg cell, and then let that cell divide twice before stopping the experiment to steer clear of a Korean ban on experimentation with more fully developed embryos. "What this represents is a refinement of the Hawaii technique," says TIME science reporter Dick Thompson...
...enough to prove that an actual cloning has taken place. "One crucial moment is the 16-cell point. Cells divide automatically up to four cells, but it's only after they have divided to 16 that you have a pretty good chance that it's going to work," says Thompson. Because the Koreans stopped the experiment well before that point, it's not clear that the embryo would have grown into a full-fledged human. Still, like it or not, several genetically identical cats have just been...
...able to do their jobs, this may mean the end of ground-based reconaissance. In the end, the decision to launch missile strikes on Iraq is another big win for Saddam Hussein. "The strikes are tantamount to an acknowledgment of defeat from the U.S.," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. UNSCOM's on-the-ground effort at arms control through inspection is now over. A more violent -- and less effective -- era of containing Saddam is now under...
...inspector on the ground is worth half a dozen B-52's in the air," Thompson says. "Now we're going to see a long period of repeated, persistent bombings that will be based on much less information." How long Americans and the international community will stand behind such a messy and protracted campaign, Thompson says, "is anybody's guess. But it's going to continue until either Iraq changes its ways -- or the U.S. gives...
...ride possible. And when that independent-counsel statute comes up for renewal by Congress next year, Smaltz will have contributed much to its potential demise. "I'm reminded of the saying that just because everybody's against something doesn't mean it shouldn't be defeated," says Senator Fred Thompson, the Tennessee Republican who will hold hearings on the statute early next year...