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...spinal cord injuries, Eli Broad said at the press conference. Broad also said he hopes the institute will serve as a catalyst in the economy of the biotech industry, “that it will foster the creation of jobs and encourage a robust tax base and have a far-reaching and long-lasting economic impact,” he said. Although the Harvard-MIT Broad Institute, created in 2004, also states as its mission finding treatment and cures for various diseases including diabetes and mental illnesses, officials say there will be little overlap between in the research...
...Since then, as Counter points out, the make-up of Hayek’s fan base has changed dramatically. She has been nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award (for 2002 film “Frida”) and has established herself as both a mainstream bankable star (with films such as “Wild Wild West” and “Once Upon a Time in Mexico”) and a director to be reckoned with (she won an Emmy for directing the Showtime movie “The Maldonado Miracle”). In fact...
...despite her burgeoning Hollywood appeal and fan base, Hayek has remained close to her Mexican roots and is a passionate activist and generous benefactor for social causes affecting her native country, including domestic violence prevention. Indeed, as the Harvard Foundation’s 2006 Artist of the Year, Hayek was recognized for both serving as a dedicated advocate for humanitarian causes and for her achievements in film...
...education. Bush helped dedicate the American embassy in Kabul, joking with the new ambassador, Ron Neumann, whose father had also been ambassador to Afghanistan. ?There?s nothing wrong in a son following a father?s footsteps,? said Bush to laughter. Later he thanked U.S. troops at Bagram air base and praised Afghanistan?s transition to democracy. Before leaving Afghan soil, Bush also vowed that Osama bin Laden would be caught. "I am confident [bin Laden] will be brought to justice," Bush said. "What's happening is, is we got U.S. forces on the hunt for not only for bin Laden...
...Bush was able to fly secretly to Iraq for Thanksgiving, this hardly seems too complex a task. In actuality, there can be little doubt that the whole event was consciously choreographed to appease the myriad local, national, and even international television crews filming the landing at Hanscom Air Force Base. It’s truly a shame that government officials are hard at work spending our tax dollars to transform reality into Hollywood blockbusters and, in the process, pampering alleged criminals like Neil Entwistle. Steve C. Bartenstein ’08, a Crimson editorial editor, is a government concentrator...