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...dealers heard it in 2002, some begged VW to change it, fearing U.S. customers wouldn't have a clue how to pronounce it. VW has tacitly admitted that they were right. Some of the first TV ads for the Touareg parody its pronunciation (which, for the record, is "tour-egg"). VW says that Americans had difficulty pronouncing Passat when it launched. But that doesn't dispel the sense that VW's marketing department is in triage mode. Touareg, it turns out, also refers to a rugged tribe of African nomads that held and traded slaves until the 20th century...
There's truth to all these points of view. Infertility was clearly the motivation when Chinese doctors used a new technique to help one of their countrywomen get pregnant. Unlike some infertile women, the 30-year-old patient produced eggs just fine, and those eggs could be fertilized by sperm. But they never developed properly, largely because of defects in parts of the egg outside the fertilized nucleus...
...using a technique developed by Dr. James Grifo at New York University, Dr. Zhuang Guanglun of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou took the patient's fertilized egg, scooped out the chromosome-bearing nuclear material and put it in a donated egg whose nucleus had been removed. In this more benign environment, development proceeded normally, and the woman became pregnant with triplets who carried a mix of her DNA and her husband's--pretty much like any normal baby...
...Monty Python crew.” In between tours, Izzard has been earning rave reviews for his acting talent on the big screen and most recently on Broadway, where he is starring in “A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg,” for which he just received a Tony nomination for “Best Leading Actor in a Play.” 8 p.m. Tickets $40-$60, (800) 447-7400. The Schubert Theater at the Wang Center at 270 Tremont Street...
...would characterize the war in Iraq as having little or no value. On Wednesday, Reuters reported the Army’s disclosure that at least 13 soldiers have committed suicide in Iraq. Despite these conditions—Bush, who himself avoided serving in Vietnam—saw fit to egg on attacks against American troops with his infamous call to “Bring ’em on.” The troops, including many Army reservists and National Guard units, are anxious to return home to their lives and families, but remain uncertain of their future, especially given...