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...fans in attendance made a collective gasp as Ruddock inched back to the goal, but sophomore defenseman Pamela Van Reesema raced to the net to shove the puck under Ruddock's pads, forcing the officials to blow the play dead and avoid the fluke goal...
...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...
...beliefs are in error and I attempt to spare you an eternity of hellfire by converting you to a different set of beliefs, that is widely considered a terrible insult. The Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish organizations denounce any efforts to convert Jews to Christianity. Mainstream Christian organizations avoid conversion campaigns and declare they are pleased for Jews to remain Jews. When the Southern Baptist Convention issued a prayer for conversion of Jews a couple of years ago, the A.D.L. called it "an act of theological arrogance," among other names...
...stable energy system on the continent," says Ray Hart, deputy director of the Department of California Water Resources. "I don't know if we'll get it." In particular, rising doubts about deregulation could impede Canadian plans to finance increased energy production, which in turn could help the U.S. avoid blackout...
Frequent travelers routinely book the first flight of the day to avoid the traffic jams that only get worse as the day progresses at the country's most congested airports. Also, flying out on an airline's early-morning plane means being freed from waiting for a connecting plane to arrive or for a new crew to make it in from Detroit. An added bonus: the parking spaces next to the terminal are empty...