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There are limits to what even the most enthusiastic states can do. In California, where scientists' morale is perhaps the highest, worries linger about the lack of federal backing and the possibility that Congress could someday trump state law with nationwide restrictions. That discourages some young scientists who are deciding whether to specialize in stem-cell work. "Students are scared to commit," says Hans Keirstead, a spinal-cord researcher at the University of California at Irvine. "They don't know if the laws are going to change, and I can't fully dispel those fears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stem Cells: Meanwhile, at the State Level: California Leads, but a Pack Follows | 5/16/2005 | See Source »

Hadfield said that while he realizes the proposal would divert funds from HUDS’ budget, he thinks addressing the situation in Darfur should trump this fiscal concern...

Author: By Katharine A. Kaplan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Petition Calls for BoardPlus Donation | 5/4/2005 | See Source »

...comments, I’d like to set the record straight: the clear, overarching theme of President Summers’ remarks was one of genuine concern for Native American communities in the United States, especially when you read his entire speech. Even so, perception could yet trump reality...

Author: By Stephen W. Stromberg, | Title: Another Month, Another Flap | 4/22/2005 | See Source »

Cindy Chu, Harvard’s No. 6 player, was unable to trump Boston College on the courts as she fell 6-4, 7-5, respectively...

Author: By Samatha A. Papadakis, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: No. 19 W. Tennis Topples Eagles | 4/20/2005 | See Source »

Looming on the horizon is November's Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Geneva, where the Soviet offer of a test moratorium could become an important Soviet trump card if the U.S. has made no further moves by then. Already, Reagan is suggesting that he might be amenable to a "permanent moratorium" after the next round of U.S. tests. But his advisers are hedging. Said National Security Council Spokesman Edward Djerejian: "We are not proposing any new initiative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disarming Tiff: Moscow's propaganda edge | 4/18/2005 | See Source »

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