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...costs to run these broad athletic programs, and they're looking for creative ways to pay the bills," Charles Yrigoyen III, associate director in the Countil of Ivy Group Presidents, an umbrella organization for the Ivy League says. "If money were not an issue, then our schools would maybe avoid advertising totally...
...Harvard women's basketball team had hoped it could prevent a Penn Ivy title celebration at Lavietes on Saturday, but the Quakers--now winners of 18 straight--played just well enough down the stretch to avoid defeat...
...infertile couples avoid the complications of choosing which of them to clone and instead look elsewhere for their DNA, what sorts of values govern that choice? Do they pick an uncle because he's musical, a willing neighbor because she's brilliant? Through that door lies the whole unsettling debate about designer babies, fueled already by the commercial sperm banks that promise genius DNA to prospective parents. Sperm banks give you a shot at passing along certain traits; cloning all but assures...
...college, Mimi Singer's medical credentials might as well have been issued by the Hold-the-Mayo Clinic. But when doctors couldn't explain why an older friend nearly passed out over lunch, it was Singer who advised the woman to drink water during and after meals to avoid a sudden drop in blood pressure. "My friend has drunk water with her food ever since," Singer says, "and she's fine...
Kwan urged audience members to avoid boycotts--which she said might end up hurting the workers--and to instead push corporations to follow through on self-imposed standards set for workers. She called for students to pressure Harvard, which Kwan said owns shares of Disney stock...