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...tide in these sciences may be beginning to turn already, with a spate of initiatives underway. The expansion in DEAS has been accompanied by a significant commitment to life sciences projects like the Broad Institute—to which Harvard and MIT committed $100 million apiece for research on clinical uses of the human genome—and the new Harvard Stem Cell Institute...
...regent and wanted to be a politician again. Some government M.P.s too were enticed to Alotau; others, bearing offers of ministries and vice-ministries, were sent to lure them back. Repentant rebels later said they'd been intimidated by political minders with pistols; "I had to swim with the tide," said one, "until I could get away safely...
...soft and fat Americans have become. It's not healthy to be obese, and if we keep going the way we're headed, the long-term medical costs may be more than we can bear. The case for optimism is harder to make, although there are signs that the tide may be turning. Preliminary data suggest that 2003 was the first year since 1998 that the percentage of Americans who are obese did not increase. But that doesn't include kids, and it still leaves us at epidemic levels. What can be done? That's the question TIME...
...instill good eating habits and family outings that involve plenty of activity--is a parent's best bet. But what if you've lost that bet? What if your child is one of the 30% of kids who are either overweight or "at risk"? How can you turn the tide without making him or her more miserable, more resentful of you and more obsessed with eating, or, just as perilous, not eating? Here are some pointers from experts...
...water was rising about an inch a minute as the tide was coming in, so I had to get moving or drown. I had to reach a 15-ft. seawall, which appeared to be 200 yds. in front of me. Finally, I came to dry sand, and there was only another 100 yds. or maybe less to go, and I started across the sand, crawling very fast. The Germans in the pillbox on the right flank were shooting up the sand all about me. I expected a bullet to rip through me at any moment. I reached the stone wall...