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...death’ decisions to be so made, he should close down IVF clinics. IVF has been an accepted medical practice since the 1970s, and has helped many couples conceive children. Similarly, it is a noble cause to use the embryo’s cells to help the severely ill, rather than simply discarding the embryo...
Influenza—that perennial scourge of the very young, the very old, and the very stressed—is almost here again, but our nation is ill-prepared to defend itself against the viral threat. This fall the supply of vaccine, America’s first line of defense against the flu, has been sliced in half. The consequences of the shortage are having repercussions here at Harvard, as University Health Services (UHS) has revealed significant limitations on who will be eligible for vaccination. Given these circumstances, students are well advised to take it upon themselves to protect themselves...
...other words, could well get bloodier. The Pentagon is rushing to train 200,000 Iraqi troops to take over combat duties by next August, but meanwhile the U.S. military is trapped in a nation-building marathon that the Army is ill prepared to carry out. Among some Americans, the prospect of an open-ended U.S. commitment in Iraq has heightened anxieties that manpower shortages may lead the Pentagon to reinstitute the draft. The heat of the presidential campaign has kept the rumors alive, which may prove costly to George W. Bush...
...city clouds," in the jargon of the industry. Rio Rancho, N.M., has one, though not on the scale of Spokane's; ditto for Grand Haven, Mich. (see sidebar), as well as Lafayette, Louis and Cerritos in California. And bigger players are moving in all the time. Cook County, Ill., is planning a massive 940-sq.-mi. cloud that would light up all of Chicago. Philadelphia announced a humongous hot zone of its own in September. Los Angeles and New York City are soliciting bids from wireless contractors. This stuff is just too cheap and too useful not to have...
WHEN JACK and Jaye Hickey decided to sell their classic six-bedroom, Cape Cod house on the 17th tee of the Skokie Country Club, in Glencoe, Ill., they counted on the usual headaches. Open houses, listing agents and a broker's fee are par for the course...