Word: thursdaye
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Research published in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature suggests that the cloned ewe named Dolly could be -- as an observer once joked -- a sheep in lamb's clothing. The three-year-old Finn Dorset ewe, it turns out, may be susceptible to premature aging. Researchers have determined that chromosome tips, known as telomeres, which regulate the lifespan of cells by preventing their genetic code from fraying, are shorter than expected in Dolly. Researchers are not sure whether the "older DNA" is the result of the age of the animal from which Dolly was cloned or the result...
...months after a Faculty committee released a report discussing the lack of tenured women faculty in the humanities, Associate Professor of German Beatrice Hanssen was denied tenure last Thursday after eight years at the University...
William Alfred, a playwright and Lowell professor of the humanities emeritus, died last Thursday in his Cambridge home on Athens Street...
...looks like the street will probably be open before the end of next week," he added. The street will be paved by Wednesday or Thursday...
...last Thursday, 56 seniors have expressed interest in the pledge and will be sent packets containing pledge sheets, as well as green ribbons to be worn on Commencement...