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...doesn't expect Dr. Frankenstein to show up in wool sweater, baggy parka, soft British accent and the face of a bank clerk. But there in all banal benignity he was: Dr. Ian Wilmut, the first man to create fully formed life from adult body parts since Mary Shelley's mad scientist...
...possibilities, from propagating endangered animal species to producing replacement organs for transplant patients. Agriculture stands to benefit as well. Dairy farmers, for example, could clone their champion cows, making it possible to produce more milk from smaller herds. Sheep ranchers could do the same with their top lamb and wool producers...
While most students schlep books and clothes back and forth during vacations, Cantabrigians never have to worry about leaving their wool socks or favorite pair of underwear behind...
...Christian Coalition-controlled Republican Party reminds me of the early Puritans. All that's missing are the wooden stocks and the burning of the witches. I've been a dyed-in-the-wool Republican since 1928, when I voted for Herbert Hoover, but no longer. ROBERT R. HELMERICHS St. Louis Park, Minnesota...
...struck by how much things had changed. "I wrote down a list of 50 things that swimmers have today that we didn't, everything from starting blocks to weights to suits. You should have seen our suits, with their little ruffled skirts. And they were made of wool. Imagine what wet wool feels like against your skin...