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...Purcell, always one to recognize when he has made his mark, says he “became convinced eight years was the right number of years” and decided not to seek reelection for a third term...
...Shortly after entering office eight years ago, President Bush decided to place sharp limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, siding with the more conservative wing of his party that considers the work to be immoral and tantamount to infanticide...
...After eight years of the Bush Administration’s restrictive policies on embryonic stem cell research and shrinking federal support for basic science, scientists said that they are looking forward to seeing the changes that the next four years will bring...
Asked about their faith in our voting system, I suspect a large number of college students would reply positively—at least since this past Tuesday, when Barack Obama prevailed with all the gusto of a hurricane. Yet, were the same question posed eight years ago, responses might have ranged from ambivalent to enraged, with a fair amount of grumbling about Floridians and Ralph Nader.So just how effective is plurality voting in choosing the “right” candidate—the one preferred by the greatest number of people? Pulitzer Prize nominee William Poundstone explores this...
...fault an artist for trying out new territory, and Keith’s vocals don’t falter. But for someone who made his name on the variety and quirk of his subjects and his money off the boot-in-your-ass, aggressive, sometimes jingoistic way he delivered, eight songs about affection and relationship troubles might not cut it. Keith should go back to his bread and butter if he’s going to prove that he’s as good as he once was. —Reviewer Christian B. Flow can be reached at cflow@fas.harvard.edu...