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...talk of polarization in Washington, a bad 2010 cycle could actually hasten the return of the center, says Stu Rothenberg, editor of the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report, which tracks congressional races. Senate Republican victories in Illinois, North Dakota and Delaware could usher in three new GOP moderates. And the enormous Democratic classes of 2006 and 2008 will be up for re-election in 2012 and 2014. "If 2010 is a bad year, they're going to look at that," Rothenberg says, "and they're going to go, 'This is not the image of the Democratic Party I want...
...heretical idea. After all, we have had a long-standing deal with biology: whatever choices we make during our lives might ruin our short-term memory or make us fat or hasten death, but they won't change our genes - our actual DNA. Which meant that when we had kids of our own, the genetic slate would be wiped clean...
...will support efforts by the Afghan government to open the door to those Taliban who abandon violence and respect the human rights of their fellow citizens. And we will seek a partnership with Afghanistan grounded in mutual respect - to isolate those who destroy, to strengthen those who build, to hasten the day when our troops will leave and to forge a lasting friendship in which America is your partner and never your patron...
There are many parallels between your last book, a graphic novel called The Three Incestuous Sisters, and Her Fearful Symmetry. Is there something in the way that sisters interact, in your mind, that makes those relationships fertile ground for stories to grow out of? Yes, though I should hasten to add that my relationship with my own sisters is idyllic and lovely. However, there's so much potential for rivalry and competition. But then there are all the upsides of companionship and that "Who knows you better than your sister?" feeling...
...course, this research is just the first step of many - including analyses of adult patients and larger study groups - but if these promising results can be replicated, it could mean a dramatic improvement in patient care and a reduction in medical costs. To hasten the process, Kentsis and his colleagues are already planning further studies within the next year...