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...issues but also their probable decisions on future ones. While we don't know for sure exactly what those issues will be, the signs are clear that we will face questions about genetic manipulation, cloning, euthanasia, artificial intelligence and the creation of entirely new species. How will national leaders weigh the moral aspects of these questions? Probably not too differently from the way they view other issues of human life and dignity. Attitudes toward abortion are a key. Given the lack of political consensus in this regard, it's hard to see what the government may allow in the future...
...contest of the results in the state courts, and the Bush camp's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The high court does not traditionally like to muck around in state matters, much less presidential elections. But at least the necessary four Justices decided there were grounds to weigh in on fairly narrow legal questions: Did the Florida Supreme Court usurp the power of the state legislature by allowing hand counts to continue past the legal deadline? Did it violate a federal law that requires that electors be selected according to rules set before the voting takes place? And most...
...wise men in D.C. began to weigh in. "Do they know what they're up against?" asked a befuddled Bush supporter in Congress. The old and deep bitterness over alleged Democratic dirty tricks also bubbled up like a hot spring. Senators and Representatives were calling officials at the r.n.c. saying, "Don't let them get away with...
...fact, the only backs healthy enough to start behind Rose were third-string sophomore Matt Leiszler and fourth-stringer Palazzo. Although the two sophomores weigh in at a combined 360 pounds, their style of aggressive north-south running has established the Crimson's rushing offense as the best in the Ivy League...
...Greatest Pedal Steel Player Who Ever Lived. A query about the history of the instrument gets me a personal e-mail from one of its elder statesmen, Maurice Anderson. It's the pedal steel equivalent of a guitar chat group where Jeff Beck or George Benson would weigh in occasionally...