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...most common method used is the same procedure that produced Dolly the sheep, the first mammal to be cloned. Scientists remove the DNA material from any cell in the animal they wish to clone (usually a skin cell) and place it into an egg that has had its own DNA removed. That egg is electrically and chemically activated to begin dividing, and after a few days in the Petri dish, it is transplanted into the womb of a surrogate until birth...
...sigh or two / I would be happy just to hold the hands I love / On this winter's night with you" - that McLachlan treats as both a prayer and a plea. In her take on Joni Mitchell's "River" she gives us a little epiphany. Twice she sings "I wish I had a river so long, I would teach my feet to fly" - and the second time, she holds the last word for 10 seconds, as it gathers strength, touches on a wistful tenderness and breaks off. In one note, and so many moods, it is a perfect flight, from...
...council members said at yesterday’s meeting. According to Reeves, the mayor’s office received an invitation to a one-on-one meeting with a University official at the Harvard Faculty Club. At the brief meeting, Reeves said he expressed his “own wish list” for the selection process, including that Harvard’s new leader be “city-friendly.” Councillor Anthony D. Galluccio said he hopes Harvard’s next chief shares the diplomatic skills of Neil L. Rudenstine, who served as president from...
...sure, eliminating early admission is not a risk-free endeavor. Other schools that keep early admissions programs may be able to poach top-notch candidates who wish to learn their fate a few months earlier. But the potential costs are worth the benefits, even to schools without Harvard’s reputation that use early admission to lure top students...
...willing to put on the table.” “Harvard already has plans drawn up for Charlesview and abutting parcels.” These are things we have heard from board members and their consultants as their rationale for their actions, which oppose the wish of many Charlesview residents to remain here. At a recent community meeting, one board member even had the nerve to point forcefully toward the heavens as his reason for pushing ahead with their actions, as though they had God’s mandate to sell out and uproot the existing residents...