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Researchers at the Schepens Eye Research Institute, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School (HMS), found that transplanting stem cells into the eyes of visually impaired mice preserved and even improved vision...
...Social conservatives often lean left on other issues, says Wallace, so the values vote is "winnable by both sides." Labor has missed out on that vote because it's failed to articulate firm core values, says University of Melbourne sociologist Kevin McDonald, who contrasts the Howard government's clear "vision of moral purpose" with Labor's "absence of a defining message." Says M.P. Ferguson: "If Labor ever wanted to represent a cross-section of Australia on some of the more difficult moral issues, they have left that constituency behind...
...happiness and freedom of conscience. The progressive Democratic vision—in which the government helps working families, invests in kids and keeps its paws off your civil liberties—is a modern expression of those revolutionary ideals. Senator Reid and other Democratic leaders should fight for that vision and reject the values of intolerance that Americans are spurning...
...form of a letter the ailing Ames, 76, a third-generation pastor in a small Iowa town, writes in 1956 to his young son. The letter lays out the family's history, including the exploits of his grandfather, an irascible firebrand who went west from Maine after having a vision of Christ urging him to help free the slaves. The "old man" encouraged young men of his congregation into the Civil War and, in service to the abolitionist cause, abetted John Brown and quite possibly committed murder. His son, the narrator's father, also fought in the war, and subsequently...
...insurgents had studied the Americans' methods well. To negate the U.S.'s preference to fight in the dark using night-vision equipment, the insurgents focused their attacks in the dim light of dawn and dusk. As the sun set, a decrepit warehouse suddenly sparkled with at least a dozen muzzle flashes. Bullets flew thick over the unit's commandeered building. "Look at the industrial complex," Bellavia yelled at his men. "I want you to shoot, shoot." The Wolf Pack lashed back with chattering automatic-weapons fire. A sister platoon, bunkered down a few hundred yards to the west, joined...